"It's very interesting to know what people are doing while you're working on late-night television."

"I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think."

"The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman."

"I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk."

"I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making."

"John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded."

"I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions, the way in which things are orchestrated, what's been changed. I just try to stay completely in the role as the actor and as the character."

"I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years."