I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue.

My eyebrows make a more profound impact on [other] people than they do on me... I just let 'em grow.

There have been makeup artists who've asked if my eyebrows are real.

If you are sure that you are about to fail, then this strange and serene calmness can come over you or the most abject fear and panic and feeling of helplessness.

My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre.

To stay on the map, you've got to keep showing up.

I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny.

In an attempt to amuse my friends and family, I would do impressions of Dean Martin, singing Everybody Loves Somebody. I secretly really enjoyed singing the song.

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

I made my Broadway debut in the revival of Hair and followed it up with the bus and truck tour of Grease.

A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad.

Every problem is a new puzzle to solve

One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression.

I hate it when people just downright copy. I hate it.

I have some friends who are actors. I've watched them work. And I would say that of all the arts, acting is the most grueling, thankless. Never apologize for your work.

When I was a kid everyone used to call me pork 'n.

Thou art a cat, and a rat, and a coward.

Vengeance is a lazy form of grief.

I think it's always the emotional situations that are more tricky to nail and get into because I don't want to pretend.

We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness.