Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma.

TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle.

As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold.

I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they're auditioning, because their terror calms me.

My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean... I was like, Max you get the dogs. I’ll talk to the hot blondes.

I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice!

I'm a homebody. If I'm not working I'm with my family being a dad.

The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game.

Turns out, Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, occurring once in every 800 births, and no one really knows why it happens. It just does.

I wanted to be Red Barber, Mel Allen or Howard Cosell. I loved their personalities and all of their sounds.

I just can't afford to get bored, because if you've been blessed with a generous imagination, which a lot of actors have, to be engaged, to be stimulated, is to liberate your imagination.

We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.

I can't pretend that I don't subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously.

Everyone is looking for me to bring a gold back home, and a lot of people in other places are expecting me to win.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

I'm not a trained dancer in the slightest.

I say personally because I am 84 years old, and [Barack Obama's] is the first administration that has scared me in terms of my lifespan.

Happy birthday Obamacare! Five years ago today you came into our lives and nothing's ever been the same since! Our insurance premiums have skyrocketed and our doctor choices have plummeted.

The real objective isn't just "knowledge" or getting an 80-20 understanding of the situation. The overriding objective is engagement, creating a buzz, mobilizing people to take action.

Memory, bosom-spring of joy.

Applause is the beginning of abuse