In a great play or a great film, there's a rehearsal period and they find this character. On TV, everything moves fast.

There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.

Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.

When I was young, my parents made me listen to old music and watch Jimmy Durante. I fell in love with the whole mystique of acting and entertainment.

When you feel moved by the story, you want to tell that story.

In my everyday life, I'm a jeans and button-up shirt kind of guy.

I always feel like hard work leads the way, and from there, I leave it up to the powers that be.

I worked in television now for a few years. I think summer has become a really exciting time for television shows. And I think it's become a time for shows to distinguish themselves.

No one ever judges their own self.

I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.

I have a dog. I'm a dog lover.

Artists strive for perfection. But what they often fail to see is that the beauty, the humanity, lies within the flaws.

When you read and understand a poem comprehending its rich and formal meanings then you master chaos a little.

I would go to sleep with headphones on. My mom and pop - they would have music loud enough to shake the walls.

You are a little god on earth running around.

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.

The happy and the suffering probably understand life equally well, but the sufferers may see a little more clearly how little it is that they understand.

It's not that any sufficiently advanced technology is magic, it's that any technology taking place beyond the threshold of our senses is.

We civilizations now know ourselves mortal.

And this is the life of the Gods, and of Godlike men, a life without love of the world, a flight of the Alone to the Alone.

How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five?