"I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act."

"I don't have a publicist, I don't go to events, I don't do magazines, and it's just not my life."

"With comedy, I like to not rehearse and just have fun with it, because I think being spontaneous is the best thing for a comedy, in my opinion."

"My only advice is don't tattoo some guy's name on yourself. Ever. I've done it twice. Twice! I'm in the process of getting both removed. It's the most painful thing imaginable."

"To question with sincerity is the first step toward dismantling dogma. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"Do I support the idea of gay marriage? No, I don't."

"Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies."

"There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic."