I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome.

To be honest, I don't think there's anything more exciting than an empty stadium. When you see it empty like that, all you see is possibility.

White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative crimes in a sometimes very funny way.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.

It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.

Doing 'White Collar,' quite often my character goes undercover, so therein lies the compounding of the imagination. I get to play Peter Burke and then someone else when Peter Burke goes undercover.

I've always admired Gene Hackman, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck. I'm showing my age here.

In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before you can enjoy working with them. I guess that goes with the trust.

I would just love to do 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I think that movie is fantastic.

I think USA has a great handle on programming and content. They know their viewers and they know what works... Character driven programming!

Always protect your heart with unconditional self-love, faith and courage.

Hate is not a good counselor.

I cannot shut you out the way I shut the others out, so maybe I can destroy you. Must destroy you?

Nobody's talking to me, but nobody's hassling me either. I guess you can't have everything.

Don't envy the harvest of the rich. Envy their planting.

Giant agencies are wobbling like drunkards... the rest of you should be sharpening your knives.

Music should be used for the perception of God, not jitterbugging.

Every year, I resolve to take good care of myself and stay in shape.

I'm my own "ideal reader" in the sense that I write novels that I would want to read.

I have seen one or two psychiatrists. They just sit and nod and doodle.