I got Michael Caine's book, Acting In Film, and I read it on the plane, desperately trying to glean information from him about how to adapt my craft, which was actually very helpful.

I'm doing a very funny show in which we talk about issues. I speak at Aids charities and things. It's great to do something fun with our days and yet we're told we're doing something important.

I remember I had scenes with Melinda McGraw in "Ides Of March" that I didn't have in "Video Vigilante," but I can't quite picture that other character. But it was Vancouver, and that year was crazy

As a television actor, there's a power you're given to use your image to do something valuable. As a parent, these messages are particularly important to me.

The Andromeda strain is a killer disease that they've got to prevent from spreading to being 100 percent contagious. It's another one where we're racing to save humanity.

My most romantic job: I was a manager at Baskin-Robbins.

When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.

I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater for ten years before I ever had a TV audition.

I was raised on 'Get Smart' and 'All in the Family' and 'M.A.S.H.,' and certainly when 'Cheers' came along, that was a big one.

I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done.

The thing you realize pretty quickly, though, is that being in front of an audience whose job it is to laugh is a big pressure if the writing is not hilarious.

But why always think the worst of people? What would she be doing to herself if she adopted that attitude to life? It was better to think the best and be wrong than to think the worst and be wrong.

The important thing is not what they think of me it is what I think of them.

It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

Don't overdo the booze especially while flying - just because it's there doesn't mean you need to drink it. Everything in moderation.

There is an eternal dispute between those who imagine the world to suit their policy, and those who correct their policy to suit the realities of the world.

But authors before they write should read.

If you settle for what you've got, you deserve what you get.

You should never lose heart. God is merciful and kind- he has endowed you with the best gift- smile, which can make millions happy.

Just remember one criterion: whatever you do should not be in the service of destruction, it should be in the service of creativity.

Nothing in life is trivial. Life is whole wherever and whenever we touch it, and one moment or event is not less sacred than another.