I wanted to be Red Barber, Mel Allen or Howard Cosell. I loved their personalities and all of their sounds.

TV tends to look for the living equivalents of squeaky-clean Kens and Barbies, but with my dial I'm more like Ken's dirty old uncle.

As an actor, it's great to play a strong leader with a heart of gold.

I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they're auditioning, because their terror calms me.

My son walked up to Nicole on the beach and I was throwing the ball for the dogs in the ocean... I was like, Max you get the dogs. I’ll talk to the hot blondes.

I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice!

Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma.

I'm a homebody. If I'm not working I'm with my family being a dad.

The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game.

Turns out, Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, occurring once in every 800 births, and no one really knows why it happens. It just does.

I just can't afford to get bored, because if you've been blessed with a generous imagination, which a lot of actors have, to be engaged, to be stimulated, is to liberate your imagination.

Fate and family put me in charge of this city. I will run it my way.

Secrets are gold and we are the miners.

Songs don't have to be about going out on Saturday night and having a good rink-up and driving home and crashing cars. A lot of what I've done is about alienation... about where you fit in society.

I've reprised roles in the theatre, which is somehow more accepted, and where one can automatically go deeper and further into the role.

Hillary Clinton has emphasized that she is afflicted with or possessed of the responsibility gene.

Life begin at the end of your Comfort Zone. So if you're feeling uncomfortable right now, know that the change taking place in your life is a begining, not an ending

Sometimes you just gotta cry, but you never,ever do it in public.

It's important to choose initial investors who are not twitchy and rushing for an exit. Wall Street's quarter-by-quarter lens may make the CEO make sub-optimal long-term decisions.

I'm here today because God has brought me here. Jesus has brought me here...I'm with an amazing team. I believe He perfectly placed me in the right spot at the right time.

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.