Being in Russia filming War & Peace...filming War & Peace alone is an extraordinary experience, but to be out there was just magical.

As an actor, I think most people have a tendency to want to demonstrate that they can act, they can emote.

I'm quite a smiley guy, I have my moments, but I think I'm generally of a relatively optimistic nature.

If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightly cynical.

You really try to work the character out and spend time in the headspace of the character. That's what I did.

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

My two kids take a lot of my focus, which I'm grateful for.

I'm obsessed with hockey and my son's a big player. I spend a lot of time driving to the ice rink and I'm a huge Los Angeles Kings fan. So, yeah, I'm a hockey mama - a cool hockey mama.

It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.

There will never be a time when your life is not this moment.

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense

No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.

I don't like to call myself a feminist writer. I say I'm a feminist, but I don't write to propagate an ism.