“I’m one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there’s no escaping it.”

I’m a filmmaker, I’m a storyteller, an entertainer, if you will, so what can I do to participate?

I use music really as a form of raw expression; escape from the real world.

In the new music landscape, with is the democratization of the internet and music in general.

It’s what we live for, to be able to make great illusions.

Understanding that which is foreign to you is fundamental to cultivating a sense of connection and unity with one another.

The problem with modern consumption and mass-produced products is they’re designed to just literally be shoved into our mouths and rushed.

Happiness doesn’t come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community.

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz,

We can’t be naive and think we can go it alone.

Certainly, we need government and legislation, but the governments really listen to people.

because, you know, democracy has been “the worst of all political systems except for all the rest.”

We are ultimately trying to accomplish the same thing, which is survival and the thriving of a better world.

You ask any actor – they’ll tell you they’d rather shoot on location because you don’t have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

I can play a lot of things, but I haven’t mastered any one.

The thing about ‘Entourage’ is everything we do is realistic.

I don’t like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting.