I love what I do for a living, but the other side, that aspect of being famous or a celebrity's got zero interest to me.

There's no man, alive or dead, who's going to fault you for living.

I would bend over backward to be back on Grey's. Any day, I'll choose lying in bed with Katherine Heigl looking over me over getting thrown against walls by supernatural persons at 5 in the morning.

More and more of our finest actors are finding room for themselves in the world of television - but I truly believe it's because some of the best stories are being told there.

I don't know that I feel comfortable playing a villain; as a matter of fact I probably don't feel comfortable, which is why I like it so much. It's just an opportunity to try something different.

Certainly I think being an absentee farther helps in adding a layer of conflict.

My kind of success has come a little bit later in life. I'm not 20 any more and these people I've been working with have been successful and good at what they do for a long time.

Working exterior nights in Vancouver, when it's raining and snowing, is a little daunting, when you haven't slept.

As a matter of fact - it'll probably ruin my movie career - but I think better storytellers are in television.

I'm not a fan of horror. I don't think a proper horror movie has been done since The Shining.

If you look at my résumé, I've more often than not played a very solid, decent human being.

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.

The pen is mightier than the sword!

I can forgive you for leaving, but not for coming back.

Don't confuse activity with action.

No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself.

One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women

I attended schools in Seattle through the University of Washington, from which I was graduated in 1931. I spent the next year at Northwestern University.

If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concept films. Everyone can get hold of it. I don't think there's any harm in that at all.

Cronshaw stopped for a moment to drink. He had pondered for twenty years the problem whether he loved liquor because it made him talk or whether he loved conversation because it made him thirsty.

The only bird that gives the poor a real tumble is the stork.