I went to Harvard High because it was a great school. That it happened to be a military school was just a part of it. I gained from the discipline there.

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point?

It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read 'em a bedtime story. It's almost like a normal life.

In the world today , it’s easy to quit. I believe in putting up the fight.

Hang onto your sense of humor. I picture my obituary : The sexiest man alive is now dead.

When I got divorced and moved into an apartment, I started keeping the TV on, just for company.

I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me

I think if you get asked to do this, then that's called doing your homework, and I try and do it.

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show

If you let life pass you by now, it won't ever come back. You don't get another chance.

Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated.

There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed but... in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.

You know how old I am? I'm so old, I remember when Letterman used to be funny and it was presidents who were serious. That's how old I am.

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.

I sometimes forget a face, but I never forget a back.

Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game.

Faith only glances at problems, but gazes upon Jesus.

The only things I really love about myself physically are my ankles and my hair.