I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God’s purpose and God’s intent.

I’m exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You’re working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you’re working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it.

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It’s the only thing I haven’t done yet that I would like to.

Accents. I’m very good with accents. I’m exceedingly good.

In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel’s side and a serious obstacle to peace.

I do prefer the stage. It’s really the granddaddy of them all.

I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and artistic proficiency. That’s what I do.

The play is always fresh to me. It’s not the audience’s fault that I’ve said the words before.

On the stage you’re there, it’s live. There’s a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.