J. K. Simmons

I don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority.

I read 'Whiplash,' and I wanted to do it.

People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.