I've always admired Gene Hackman, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck. I'm showing my age here.

To be honest, I don't think there's anything more exciting than an empty stadium. When you see it empty like that, all you see is possibility.

White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative crimes in a sometimes very funny way.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.

It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.

Doing 'White Collar,' quite often my character goes undercover, so therein lies the compounding of the imagination. I get to play Peter Burke and then someone else when Peter Burke goes undercover.

In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before you can enjoy working with them. I guess that goes with the trust.

I would just love to do 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I think that movie is fantastic.

I think USA has a great handle on programming and content. They know their viewers and they know what works... Character driven programming!

As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked up.

I didn't answer. Just shook my head and let the tears roll. "I just want it to go away. I just want all the drama to stop. Nobody would believe me anyway, " I whispered. "Nobody would care.

Be A Famous Person Is Difficult, But Very Difficult To Be The Intelligent Man.

But attempts to evade anxiety are not only doomed to failure. In running from anxiety you lose your most precious opportunities for the emergence of yourself, and for your education as s human being.

Religion is like an art gallery. One painting will speak to you more than another, and there's no need to explain or defend your taste.

Jack Benny really liked my book. I know because he called me up from the library and told me.

I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.

If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.

Any man that dates me, the thing they're gonna have to live up is my dad - he's a real hero.

When the promise is clear, the price gets easy

Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.