When I was about 19, my stepmother said - because this was back in the 80s - that I had Robert Wagners pompadour. I said, What are you talking about? You mean the guy from Hart to Hart?

What's most interesting to me is when [Tony DiNozzo] is just madly inappropriate.

I have a secret stash of Nutella that I pull out when necessary. That chocolate-hazelnut combo is my wife's kryptonite.

When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably deserve it, even if I don't really understand it!

My wife gets pampered pretty well. She's had me trained since she was pregnant, when I started making her oatmeal with fresh berries every morning.

I am terrible at memorizing things. Hence, ad-libbing.

The big turn in the late 90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time. I was fairly sure I was going to be an actor for the rest of my life, which I think calmed me down.

The only club I have ever belonged to is the James Bond fan club. Member since 1979.

Soaps taught me the fundamentals of the game. You know, how to show up, hit your mark, how to be on time. That soap opera world is a microcosm of the entertainment culture.

I am blood type O-positive, which I remember by staying 'optimistic positive.'

I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do more than I think. I think.

Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)

Real wealth consists in things of utility and beauty, in things that help to create strong, beautiful bodies and surroundings inspiring to live in.

Time is our element, not a mistaken invader.

People started saying I was ignoring my country, making up stories about me. Ludicrous things, like that I throw tea on my assistants.

Say what you like, but such things do happen - not often, but they do happen.

Be not too hasty to trust or to admire the teachers of morality; they discourse like angels, but they live like men.

Mutually counting on each other, watching each other's backs, forcing each other to be brave.

"You’re different,” he said, touching my face. Of course I was. The man I loved had killed for me. A lot of things became inconsequential after a sacrifice like that.

My favorite thing in the world is telling stories, and most of what I do is telling stories through music.