You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again.

I wouldn't mind having another shot at doing comedy, but I'm not sure that's the way I'd want to go.

I'm not sure I always feel like I'm in the seat. Sometimes I'm only holding on by one hand and flying out behind the roller coaster. I don't know anybody who doesn't feel that way.

I will be always grateful to NBC.

In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.

For a lot of people, if they're lucky, it begins with somebody who recognizes something in them.

I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

When you walk on the set, whatever it is, you commit yourself to the job. You're committing yourself to doing the best you can do with it, no matter what you feel about it, and that never changes.

I have so many people who still talk to me about The Long Kiss Goodnight, about that being one of their favorite movies, and it really was a fun movie.

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.

I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people.

Don't trust people who tell you other people's secrets.

They called it the Great War, but that implied worthiness and grandeur, not violence and helplessness and the utter waste and devastation our country, our city, our people endured.

When you come to life from a heart of service, you may be surprised by the blessings you will receive in return.

But I must warn you, Miss Hathaway ... life has a way of fouling up our plans. I speak from experience.

A good story is [a] kind of irritant. You read it, then you cannot stop thinking about it. Eventually, your mind and heart encyst about it, and what occurs is a pearl of the soul.

The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

I certainly understand very much what it's (like when) an expense comes up and you're trying to figure out how to pay for it.

I am like a child who awakes At the light, so safe and secureFree from night's fears when dawn breaks, In Thee I am ever secure.