Some of the best movies made about crime are those where the crime solver can get inside the head of the serial killer, and those are the techniques we use in C.S.I.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people.

It's exciting to think that something I'm involved in is touching so many people in so many cultures.

Acting is constant exploration.

The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight.

You know, dramas are much more expensive to do than say a comedy, so any kind of deficit like that is picked up on when it comes time for them to pick up new shows.

The worst acting is about imitation.

I don't know what an audience wants to see but I know what I like to see.

It isnt always hard work that does the job.

I look forward to the end of all this money-making part of the career, to be truthful.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

Babies cry at birth because it is the first time they experience separation from love.

First no tooth fairythen no santaand no godand then your parents are only humanyour government is corruptand the universe is a hologram.

If we hadn't hated him a lot, we might have liked him a little at that moment. But we did. So we didn't.

And time brings down what is both strong and tall. But plants new set to be eradicate, And buds new blown, to have so short a date, Is by his hand alone that guides nature and fate.

I think that white people were, no question, the creators of what we call white America.

We use the term pop in the art world, as in Pop Art, but we forget that its root is popular - popular culture.

You can speed up your life if you want to - that's easy. Winding down is what's hard.

I'm a sponge. I'm obsessed with comedy. I'm obsessed with the idea that you can make somebody laugh, and I love to be around people who can make other people laugh.

We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings.