I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.

The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.

I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of explaining in the show, it takes a lot of energy and concentration.

The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.

In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don't.

Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.

If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.

I've been amazed that it's so popular with people. But it's been fantastic. People are very excited when I walk into a place and they recognize me from the series.

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

The censorship of language is the censorship of consciousness.

It doesn't matter what did or did not happen then. It only matters what happens NOW.

What's the difference between the Lib-Dems and a supermarket trolley? A supermarket trolley has a mind of its own.

If we read the Western Canon in order to form our social, political, or personal moral values, I firmly believe we will become monsters of selfishness and exploitation.

If there’s something I can’t do but want to, I won’t relax until I’m able to do it.

Football is about having the best offensive play possible. I always like to play offensive football, and nobody will convince me otherwise.

When I was 14, I thought I was the coolest kid in school because I told everyone the jokes in FHM.

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.

Go sit down and look pale.