I loved Laurel and Hardy and TV shows like 'Robin Hood' and 'Rama of the Jungle'.

With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. 'Terra Nova' is the Hubble Telescope of television.

I've played the clarinet since I was a kid. I love to sing, but I'm not much of a singer. Let's say that when it comes to vocalizing, I have the soul of Billy Bigelow but the voice of Jigger Cragan.

I am very fond of the people, landscape, poetry, music, history and the Guinness. Being there makes me think of my mother and my grandmother - always sentimental and warm thoughts.

I don't think there is a role that I did twenty years ago that I couldn't do better now.

I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops.

My job, professionally, is tapping into stuff. We've all got it. But, I just am fortunate enough that, beyond the age of 11, it's what I do professionally.

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.

Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.

Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it and in so doing took responsibility for my own life.

My philosophy is, 'Show up, shut up, and do your job,' and if you do it to the satisfaction of your director and the public, you're likely to be able to do it again.

The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. There's never a need to feel lost anymore.

I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I'd cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark.

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.

You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen in that light.

All you have is your fire And the place you need to reach Don't you ever tame your demons But always keep them on a leash

Successful people are often times highly motivated people.

I'm a regular person with an extraordinary job.

I'm interested in raw land and trees and fresh air and rivers and lots of animals around them.

It is not pleasant to come upon Death in a lonely place at midnight.

A guy knows he's in love when he loses interest in his car for a couple of days.