“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.”

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.

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.

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.

Someone asked me…how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow-townsman of ours used to tell–Abraham Lincoln.

If someone had been asked twenty years ago what direction they thought music was going in, they wouldn’t have said sampling.

A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all.

If someone is brought in for an interview, for example, and is asked about their views on things, but has posted things that are completely contrary to the interview

To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity].

It’s strange, people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can’t even answer it.

I do think the job of a writer is to raise questions and nobody likes the questions being asked.

My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006