We've taken a show about destruction and turned it into a show about construction.

For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.

I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else.

Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.

I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.

The people who believe that their soul is being crushed by playing a particular role need to take a vacation or check into the looney bin for awhile.

The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.

I love the process of acting, simply because I like to play make believe. But for me, it is purely make believe and it is a process of playing.

I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.

Just about ANY personality trait or skill can be learned: simply find it in someone you know and copy it. Then watch what happens.

I travel for the great stories now ready tell, and those waiting to be told.

Laughter is a whip that keeps us in line. It's horrible to be laughed at against your will. Either you suppress unwelcome laughter or you start controlling it.

If I'm going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

I get paid to practice. I play the game for free.

He says one word, nodding into the daylight. "Look." It's an astounding word. It's a gift.

Never stop writing because you have run out of ideas.

Believe in yourself, even if you feel like turning back at times. Don't run away. Little by little you will get closer to achieving your dreams.