As an actor, I tend to enjoy going to the dark side.

You don't really think The Terminator exists, but you want him to exist.

I think I was raised by a really good mother.

for me the most fun of my career is to bring a little bit of irreverence to characters. And, you know, I don't think that the producers were expecting me to be as irreverent as I am.

I have yet to do a job where I would really get to rock the great clothes. I'd love to do a job where I could wear Thom Browne.

Obviously, David [Shore] probably has pressure because House was such an amazing show. But I try not to go into these jobs, thinking that I have to live up to people's expectations.

People are lazy, and they want their fast food via the television.

Passion is needed for any great work, and for the revolution, passion and audacity are required in big doses.

You have this one life. So just live it and just do it.

Much of the profession is empirically bankrupt because it is no longer taught economic history.

Be loving, and you will never want for love; be humble, and you will never want for guiding.

Most of us do not like to look inside ourselves for the same reason we don't like to open a letter that has bad news.

Death promises nothing--not even oblivion.

A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.

You can't grow strong without resistance.

How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.