I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.

Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground with me.

I am not a sad clown. I am not a sad clown.

There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all.

I'm still the fat kid from high school who never had a date.

It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.

I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.

I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.

People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.

I didn't know Charlie before doing the movie, but I was a huge fan of the British Queer as Folk.

People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz.

All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.

Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math!

A video taped stage performance is just - you know, it's never gonna be the same as it is if you're sitting there live in the theatre.

As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then as you get older, it's much more resonant.

I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.

I have my aluminum siding business, and that's going like a house afire.

I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.

I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.

I'm really an honorary Jew, you know; all the best people are. I really do feel Jewish, even though I'm a Catholic. The way the Church has been behaving, I'm happy to be Jewish.

It's certainly not a shock to find that the industry has no imagination. I think people don't know what it is I do. Because half the time you're talking to people who are in their 20s, and I've been doing this for over 25 years.

My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.

One of the nicest compliments I would get very often on the street is people would say, 'I love you on 'The Good Wife.' I just can't tell whether I should like you or hate you!'

Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And yes, you do question people's motives. Is it just because I'm him - I'm Nathan Lane?

There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'

You'll see more and more perfection of that - computer as servant. But the next thing is going to be computer as a guide or agent.

People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.

A girls first true love is her father.

I did not find Liverpool ugly. Her stately public buildings, broad streets, public squares, and noble statues redeem her from the charge.

My parents were never into films, but I hope to make them proud with my work some day. In any case, in Bollywood, your surname matters only till your first, second, or third film at most. Beyond that, you are on your own.

The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a higher IQ than I do. They love what they're doing, they have a good family life, they're satisfied.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

Chick lit was amazing, and I was thrilled to be part of it.

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

I think we have the same goals in mind. We are not planning on just all of a sudden taking a film and separating. Hopefully one day she can direct me in something, or I will direct her. Or we'll produce a movie under our company's name.

I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny.

Quark-antiquark collisions cannot be realized directly since free quarks are not available. The closest substitute is to use collisions between protons and antiprotons.

Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it.

I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever.

Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.

I'm very romantic, I'm extremely romantic. I date my wife.

You know, it is said that we Greeks are a fervent and warm blooded breed. Well, let me tell you something - it is true.

It's very interesting what you don't care about.

A two-speed Europe will not be a strong Europe. The idea of making decisions and policies in a narrow circle, disregarding smaller EU members, will make it hard to engage them to commit to a common policy, which will weaken the union.

The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated.

If you have an embarrassing story, and it's a source of shame, keeping it in just compounds the shame and turns the story into something poisonous. And if someone knows about it, then it can be used against you.