Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Hell there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

When I was in elementary school I used to write letters to myself. I'd write letters and go 'Dear Kristen-at-16-years-old happy birthday. I hope you're doing something.'

I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night and it made me see how much she really meant to me.

I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we were in gymnastics class as kids and I can still do it. I was doing it since I was 8 and 9. They used to call me Gumby. Very bendy.

You always get a special kick on opening day no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired you don't have that hunger.

I've been gone for a long time. I really want to give the fans something that they deserve to have. So I'm working really hard on this. I really want to make it the best work I've done so far.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

All the best performers bring to their role something more something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.