I'm generally interested in what people believe and what works for them, what gives them hope, what inspires them, no matter what it is.

A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.

I guess every character has a little bit of the actor - I guess for every character you play, the actor has to allow a little bit of their own character to show through.

I've got a lot of different religious ideas circling through my family, but the positive thing is that I was raised with a lot of openness and compassion.

I guess I'm lucky that I've been able to play a wide range of parts and a wide range of types of productions - I haven't felt much typecasting.

There's nothing on Earth like really nailing the last line of a big book. You have 200 pages to tickle their fancy, and seven words to break their heart.

To be under a physical bondage or a mental bondage is one of the worst situations someone could ever be in life.

Life is seldom as unendurable as to judge by the facts it logically ought to be.

I like the sitcom, as a structure.

Don't let the storm take the wind out of your sails.

If God is not with us, we do not want to continue. If the Sermon on the Mount is simply impractical, our mission work is hopeless. We have no backup plan. We have nothing but Him.

I see you looking at my cookies,' my father said to Morelli. 'Don't even think about it. Go get your own cookies.

And still I am learning.

New blood keeps us alive.

Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain.