I didn't inherit any great success and the problems that came with it, and yet I was able to keep working and supporting myself and later a family. I'm crazy fortunate.

It's changed throughout the years, but at one time I was a really big bubble gum ice cream fan. I'd spit the bubble gum pieces in a cup and then collect them.

I punch a lot of guys on set. It's much easier than in real life as your hands don't hurt afterwards. The key is that you miss.

It's easy to be quick on the draw when no one has got real bullets.

Sometimes, people aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be.

I'm attracted to roles that are unpredictable, and if I can get my hands on something like that, I'm thrilled. I like performances where you don't know what's coming, moment to moment.

As the saying goes, Bruce Jenner is a millionaire, and Mark Spitz is a dentist. It's the wrong sport.

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers.

What am I going to wear to the Emmys? Something with a tie.

I've always sort of admired and respected one's ability to be comfortable with other people's discomfort or, you know, their being comfortable making other people uncomfortable.

Like any good parent you are trying to get the kid in a position where he is stronger and more powerful, and able to achieve things that you couldn't.

Lovers tend to be philosophical, achievers are practical.

I am going through transformation. I enjoy the different transitions.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Frankly I'm fairly boring or fairly busy. Between writing and family, I have little time for anything else.

Death is not soft-mouthed, vague-footed, nearby. It is in the hall.

Religion is only another word for the right use of a man's whole self, instead of a wrong use of himself.

My personal prayer is simply my joy to be alive, and to live in gratitude and generosity.

You adapt, evolve, compete or die.

How well you tell your story determines how well your customers tell your story.

People are stupider than anybody.