Had "Malcolm in the Middle" been picked up I would not have been available for the pilot of "Breaking Bad." And right now someone else would be sitting in this chair talking to you. Not me.

I learned long ago to focus on things you can control and don't even pay attention to things you don't.

I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.

You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

I think it's not a question of why, more a question of why not.

Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It's really worth it.

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

Every experience feeds an actor, and I've learned that depression is all around us.

When things get tough, you should seek out someone like a coach or friend or family member to talk things through with.

Not everybody thought they could be a dentist or an automobile mechanic but everybody knew they could be a writer.

I think it's harder to avoid reflection on those larger patterns of history or society when they so insistently call into question your right to exist.

As long as Christian life remains our life we will not understand the Christ of the New Testament. You are not your own.

Most people find just being themselves not enough of a show.

I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.

Be grateful for who you are and whatever you have. Everything you have is a gift from God.

I try to steer away from high metaphysical belief because I think we humans do best when we realize that we don't know all that much.

UFC is not a competitor to the WWE because we are entertainment and UFC is competitive sport. It's very different.

Strength is but one aspect of power.