No one ever sees the sleepless nights, the years of studying and 14-hour days earning your dues. I spent three years isolated in an academic environment to be the best actor I could.

I'm helping launch the new Milky Way Chocolate Ice Cream Bar. I play an astrophysicist on television, and the name of the bar is Milky Way, so put two and two together, and here I am.

Comic-Con fans are so affectionate, and it's always a lovely way to start a new season.

Comic-Con has been an amazing experience. It's overwhelming, I have to admit, because of the lines and the crowds.

I know stuff about 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Star Wars,' but 'Star Trek,' I don't know.

I was pretty awkward when I was young, but I was never afraid of putting myself out there. I would say stupid things but then they would laugh at me and possibly find it endearing.

I have a dialect myself; it's more pronounced, because I have studied theatre and been in England. It's half-British, half-Indian.

I did learn that there's no point in eating too much Vitamin C because it comes out of your bladder.

People at the University of Portland were accepting and loving and open-minded. When you have a safety net, it allows you to take risks.

I love video games. I love, love, love them! I also love 'Star Wars.' I wish Jedi was a true religion.

I would definitely line up for 'The Lord of the Rings.' I'm a huge 'Lord of the Rings' geek.

The story was told, generation by generation, in song and in story, until time misted it into myth and legend. But some believed, as legends brought comfort.

Knowledge can never imprison you, but you can be captive to your ignorance.

I'm looking at you through the glassDon't know how much time has pastOh God it feels like foreverBut no one tells that forever feels like homeSitting all alone in your head

No journey out of grief was straightforward. There would be good days and bad days.

Thus heaven's gift to us is this: That habit takes the place of bliss.

My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them.

I think cable has been under-appreciated for its contribution to society.

Jack Daniels makes us all puke.

These predators loved with wild fury, but they were also darkly possessive, crossing the boundary into what humans might term obsession.

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.