I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman.

My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?

I always think extremism is basically a reaction out of fear. What we seem to be experiencing is polar extremism that keeps people from coming together.

We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.

I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well.

The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell him the dog's name.

I was chased through a chateau in the Loire Valley by a bunch of American school girls.

So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the same time.

Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.

People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

There is no pride when it comes to survival, only determination.

Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.

Where there is no want, there is usually much wantonness.

Use the light to return to clarity.

...to be paid for one's joy is to steal.

If you can create community in a classroom the kids will not drop out

The Cylons are such a frightening concept - not knowing who is real. No way.

You'll find, my friend, that what you love will take you places you never dreamed you'd go.

Hitler repeatedly stressed that one could not get at the masses with arguments, proofs, and knowledge, but only with feelings and beliefs.