I don't know why all these actors think going to a gym or riding horses or learning how to fight are the steps to becoming an actor.

Even my early memories of Chandni Chowk are all about food.

For the first 25 years of my career, I did nothing but sing and dance.

By the grace of God, my son's career is doing very well.

When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park.

I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families.

Every time humanists try to get a slot on 'Thought For the Day' on Radio 4, they are told it's reserved for 'the faith community,' whatever that is. Yet 'TfT' is almost always pabulum about how God wants us all to love each other and care for the unfortunate. I'm sure humanists would say much the same, without God.

You're in a scene with Laura Linney or Oliver Platt or John Hickey or Alan Alda and these amazing actors and actresses, and you're like, 'Oh my God, I haven't even started; I'm nothing compared to these people!'