Ninety percent of the time, I'm wearing imaginary people's clothing. I don't feel a huge pressure to go out and like, hit the town, hit the boutiques.

That honeymoon phase is so much fun in real life, when you meet and discover somebody new and fall in love and chase them. The pursuit. And that climactic final moment of ultimate togetherness.

It's ridiculous. My life's been a series of happy accidents.

I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower.

I'm a young actor and I haven't learned everything there is about acting.

I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time.

I rarely accept things on blind faith, especially the orthodoxy of any given practice, or any given practicum. I'm like, "Oh come on. Is this the way to do things?"

Yes, I want kids. I don't know that I'll ever be ready. But, I'll certainly want them. I'll have them regardless of whether I am ready, I think. I just don't have a timeframe on it yet.

Oftentimes, when people don't respond to text messages or emails, I just start writing long, long in-depth essays and diatribes where characters start to appear and narrative threads begin.

I like the idea of building this wandering, epic narrative in a form that people don't expect epic narratives to appear.

He can’t take his eyes off the stars, but I can’t take mine off his face.

The best of knowledge and righteous acts are those hidden to the people.

You will be more disappointed in life by the things that you do not do than by the things that you do.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets.

You have to fight. You know, you don't want to fight, but you have to fight to make your show your own, to make your voice be heard. You just have to sometimes.

I feel like 'CSI: Miami' was just a license to do all sorts of horrible things that I'd always wanted to do.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.

Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.