I would like to prove that on TV, everyday lives can be as compelling as the life-styles of the rich and famous. Especially lives that we catch at extraordinary moments.

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

There might be false starts and do-overs.You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling.

I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.

You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

The most likely moment for something incredible to happen to me was the moment I was most certain nothing ever would.

A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity.

It was beautiful in a harsh I'm-going-to-gut-you-like-a-fish kind of way.

Unlike wealth, there is an infinite value in legacy.

I suppose there is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person however dear and beloved but an expansion an interpretation of one's self.

Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.

the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth.

I see an incredible abuse of close-ups in many films these days. Why is that?

We are the species that clamors to be lied to.

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

I'm thankful for the big stuff of course-my family, health, human kindness. But I'm also thankful that I don't have to work for Hollywood anymore.