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" You always have to create the character from the ground up. "

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" Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. "

" The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person. "

" I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising. "

" I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost. "

" That's really how I got started was doing Shakespeare. When I got out of school, I was lucky enough to meet George Wolfe, who ran The Public Theater. "

" And I think for me there's a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are. "

" I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood. "

" I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors. "

" I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian. "

" As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat. "

" I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me. "

" I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't. "

" I've never been a heavy practitioner of the method or, at least, with any specific intent; I'm kind of an impulse-based person. Like, I'm sort of waiting for something to happen that I'm not expecting, and I kind of want to jump on that train of emotion, whatever it is, both from myself or from the other actor. "

" I get panic attacks in big crowds. "

" I remember finding 'Harold and Maude' strangely erotic. I've always had an octogenarian fetish. "

" Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. "

" Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history. "

" When my grandpa was moved to physical action, you felt utter terror. "

" I'm someone who started in the theater and really couldn't stand repeating the show. My favorite part of acting is the five or six weeks of rehearsal that you get. I like doing previews; I like the opening week because my friends and family come, and then after that, I don't want to do it anymore. "

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" I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change. "

" During 'Manchurian Candidate' - that role originated with Laurence Harvey, and I studied everything he did. I would never be able to reproduce that performance, but I got a lot of ideas from watching it. "

" My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. "

" That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot. "

" You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job. "

" I manage to hide in my movies. "

" I have the kind of face that people want to punch. "

" I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing. "

" My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model. "

" I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy. "

" Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore. "