Acting had always been the social scene I'd fallen into. It was sort of a merry band of band geeks and theater nerds.

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.

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.

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

Fear is a killer, when it comes to the creative process.

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.

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

Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.

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

You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat ya with until you realize who's in ruttin' command here!

In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.

Do what is uncommon

The Empire must fall.

I think it was when I ran into Kerouac and Burroughs - when I was 17 - that I realized I was talking through an empty skull... I wasn't thinking my own thoughts or saying my own thoughts.

Brother, I am too old to go again to my travels.

It is against the will of God that the East should be Christianized.

The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.

When I finish a song, I never feel like I want to restrict its life. I feel that once I've done something, it's out. It's in people's ears, cars, headphones. It has its own journey.

What the study of history and artistic creation have in common is a mode of forming images.

Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.