“You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over.”

What hard evidence is there that Obama doesn’t want ebola in America?

You can’t control the audience. When you’re on the air and they’re not coming to the party, it’s time to shut down the party.

You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that’s not me.

I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I’m lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans.

It’s what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I’m a family man.

Then the negative energy doesn’t even get into the room. You just have to prepare, and then go in and be the best you that you can be, and you’ll either get the job or you won’t.

A lot of the questions that anyone would naturally have about their family, you’ll get much of the answers for, or at least hints to where it will go, in the future.

What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I’m working on it.

I’m like a fungus; you can’t get rid of me.

I think work begets work.

The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.

I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

I’m always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it’s far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say.

It’s great to be able to pretend you’re tough but funny at the same time.

Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.

Iwas a sculptor.Butthat’sreallydrawinga drawing you fall over in the dark, a three-dimensional drawing.

If I could live my life all over I’d do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there’s no way lord, to leave this love behind.

I don’t believe in worrying over failures. I worry about successes. This is opposite from most people.

I still believe Emmitt has enough left in the tank to be a productive back over the next couple of seasons.

Oh, that’s over in aisle seven. I’ll come help you as soon as,” that’s the stuff. Find something. It could be planting flowers, especially if you can watch it.

There are people all over the world starving and here we are trying to get pot delivered for free; we felt kind of guilty.

My influences were mostly gospel. So I was playing my twisted Jewish equivalent of gospel music over his twisted equivalent of rock and roll music. And it was a very excellent marriage.