I'm kind of a control freak. I like to be really prepared.

There are some jobs where you think, 'There's no way! This would be too, too good. The universe would love me too much were it to actually happen.'

The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work.

T.V.'s weird because it's both the greatest gig as an actor potentially because it can be all this work for all this time, but there are so many question marks at every stage of the process.

I want to be the joy to people through my work.

See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy.

It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.

The philosophical point is that our happiness and wellbeing is not based on incomes rising. This is not just the wisdom of sages but of ordinary people. Prosperity is more social and psychological: it's about identification, affiliation, participation in society and a sense of purpose.