A lot of the comedians don't even tell the joke. Like only three tell the joke, the rest of them dissect it.
Learning philosophy is learning a particular kind of intuitive understanding.
It is not enough that I succeed, everyone else must fail.
Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.
The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.
A middling talent makes for a more serene life.
Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
Look in the perfumes of flowers and of nature for peace of mind and joy of life.
The last 10 years I have had to bulk up for roles and I'm naturally skinny, so I have eaten and killed so many chickens! I wouldn't even want to count. I need to balance that out.
Let's say for instance people say, "He's a really totalitarian, strict guy, he's hard to work with or whatever. " I don't think it's true, but people's perception of me leads that direction, like I'm a fundamentalist person. I end up having to spend extra time saying, "I'm not a fundamentalist. " I have other stuff to do.
Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truths-it is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it.