Matthew Broderick

“I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.”

“I saw Al Pacino on the street once. That made me very nervous.”

“'The Road to Wellville'... it had Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, directed by Alan Parker. I hadn't been doing all that well, and I was thrilled to get it, and it just didn't work. It was a...”

“I used to wonder what it would be like to see my name on a billboard. I couldn't even imagine something like that. Then you see it, and, well, it just makes billboards not as special as they...”

“I liked 'Brighton Beach Memoirs,' which I did with Neil Simon. I kind of was playing him, as Eugene Morris Jerome, and I played that a few times at the very beginning of my career.”

“Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.”

“The first dog I got was a border collie. Her name was Sally.”

“I like the sentimentality of 'Miracle on 34th Street' and all those movies, and there actually is a tradition of Christmas comedies, too.”

“There can be moments onstage - but sometimes in a movie, too - where you just feel you're in a golden space. You're in this strange world where everything you do makes sense. And it's funny:...”