"I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New York for auditions, and I got the part in a play at Manhattan Theatre Club when I was 15."

"I forget sometimes that I'm in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their programming. Like, 'The Wire' is my favorite TV show of all time."

"One thing that happens on the 'Newsroom' is that every time a real story does get incorporated into the show, there's always an angle that's provided that hasn't really been dealt with yet."

"I don't have a pet, but I dream of someday getting a pug dog whom I will name Croque Monsieur so that I may alternate between calling him Croque, Monsieur or his full name: Croque Monsieur. I'll more than likely only use his first and last name most often when he's been bad."

"With 'Anna Karenina,' I just think it's a stunning visual tour de force for a director who is at the top of his game."

"I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life."

"The source and center of all man's creative power... is his power of making images, or the power of imagination."

"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."