Unless you come to terms with your past... it haunts you, and you never leave it.

Acting is different from mental gymnastics. You try to discover as much about the character as you can, but a large area is mysterious.

I think that somehow I got the notion that I had to be successful, to be the best in the world.

If you don't eat properly, it affects your energy level. You are an athlete when you're onstage. You can't get tired.

I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write and direct, and also act in films, although he's primarily an actor.

I've always put out positivity, and I've always been very open and proud throughout my whole career, and at no point have I ever tried to cause controversy or just say something that wasn't totally in support of everyone in the community.

My entire career, everybody says I need to punch somebody.

I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.