I had a really nice time on [Alphas]. It was a bunch of really good actors, and I was particularly thrilled to be working with David Strathairn.

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.

I'm an avid biography reader.

I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.

Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.

Timing is everything, as you know.

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.

People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

When I go to the old folks' home, I'm gonna be sitting in a rocking chair, telling everybody how I worked with Jack [Lemmon] and Walter [Matthau].

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

Why have I spent so long settling for less when I know damn well the world expects more?

Kindness is a kind of magic, in return we get love which is eternal.

Once you start living together and you see the same person day in and day out, you begin to wonder: was it for this I struggled and toiled? Did he feel that way?

And the camel driver had said, to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world.

I built you a sandcastle because you're a princess, but I tore it down because I'm a loser.

English wine is like Belgian rock or German disco: a waste of everyone's time and money.

Once you reach people on an authentic emotional level, they will reward your faith in them with their belief in you, and they will mobilize to get the job done.

Being a kid myself, I loved playing and I loved playing with words, and making up things and riddles and songs and not afraid of being silly in public.

When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts.