I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative.

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.

When I came out here, my manager thought that casting directors might think I'm a girl, and when I did Threat Matrix, they thought Jamie was a little light.

It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.

I have a long track record of really horrible relationships and a divorce behind me; so I'm not the guy to ask. I just got really fortunate with this one.

Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium.

I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting.

I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that we don't all have the sort of arrogance it feels like they're perceiving from our leaders.

I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that.

Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it's fun to know people are watching, and to know that all of your hard work is not sort of wasted.

My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it.

Often it takes that “knife in our heart” to drive us to Him. Our faith, our very lives, depend on God, and when we enter the valley of grief, we need His help or we will never climb another mountain.

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.

...I will not be a sight gag for anybody. I will not do anything degrading to myself or other fat people.

Everything you should be an expression of your purpose. If an activity doesn't fit that formula, you wouldn't work on it. Period.

People are tired of just yelling at the TV set. They actually are going to turn out and vote.

The wind in a man's face makes him wise.

Take care of what is difficult while it is still easy, and deal with what will become big while it is yet small.

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.