“Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job.”

“Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it's just another job.”

“Artists don’t live in the everyday world. That’s why people think they’re an odd bunch.”

“Progressives conceive of themselves as a caste apart, a special and specialized group of enlightened men and women whose job it is to organize other people’s lives for them, a necessity because those people are too dumb to do it for themselves.”

“I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing a great job if his skin contained less melanin.”

“Ninety-five percent of all jobs suck. That’s why people get paid to do them.”

“That's why I liked him, I think. Another guy pretending to be human, just like me.”

“People say: «Why don't you give it up?» I don't think they quite understand. I'm not doing it just for the money, or for you. I'm doing it for me. ”

“We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?”

“I love watching amazing actors and actresses that you can't take your eyes off of because everything they are doing -- even if it is just twiddling their thumbs or scratching their eye -- it's just interesting. That's why I love this job and that's why this industry came around. People are fascinating and we want to watch them.”