“I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.”

I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.

To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.

If I was a painter no one would question me about my age. I’m an artist, I hate saying that.

Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer.

So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.

[Julie Marie Pacino]is a great ballplayer, which I wanted to be. She did make four films by the time she was 14 but we’re not going to talk about that.

I picked the wrong movie, or I didn’t pursue a character, but everything you do is part of you and you get something from it.

The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires.

The stage is different ; there’s more to act. There are more demands put on you, more experiences to go through.

I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.

Take a look at Israel’s history and you would know who the terrorist is.

They cost nothing, and they can be as real as you like to make them. You own your dreams and they are priceless.

Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.

You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.

You need some insecurity if you’re an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven’t yet started to think about retiring.

I’d probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they’re the same thing.

Shoot eagles on the Jack Nicklaus course, Porsche with the triple exhaust, Seats soft like a midget’s cough.

But you now, you wear your soul on your sleeve, exhausting your energy, propping yourself up on a tree, mumbling, or bent over your desk, asleep. Heaven gives you a form and you wear it out by pointless argument.

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.

The deplorable mania of doubt exhausts me. I doubt about everything, even my doubts.

Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom.

I’m at my best when I’m exhausted and under pressure.

If shaytan has entered into your heart – evil will look beautiful to you and good will seem tiring and exhausting.

We all experienced sleep deprivation at times – hat is the nature of stress but a physically exhausted leader routinely makes poor decisions in times of crisis.