Dylan McDermott

“With the rise of cable, network is clearly floundering because the characters on cable are far more fascinating than they are on network. Network television is trying to figure it out. Network television really relies on story rather than character, and cable relies on character.”

“Jerry Bruckheimer really is an executive producer, who obviously is the most successful producer in the history of film and television.”

“Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them.”

“The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans.”

“לוס אנג'לס היא עדיין מקום כל כך מרתק עבורי, כל כך גדול ומגוון.”

“התקופה הוויקטוריאנית היא התקופה הכי סקסית לדעתי, אבל אני גם אוהב אישה בג'ינס.”

“התקשורת מנהלת את העולם, והכול השתנה, אני חושב, כשהוויכוח בין קנדי לניקסון קרה, וקודם כול ראינו אותם בטלוויזיה, וזה שינה הכול.”

“רוב הזמן אנשים מכוונים כל כך נמוך בטלוויזיה. הם מנסים להגיע למכנה המשותף הזה.”

“אני אוהב את האימה הפסיכולוגית של רומן פולנסקי. מעניין אותי למה אנשים אוהבים לפחד.”

“קומדיות רומנטיות הן הסרטים שהכי קשה לעשות.”

“כשחקן, אתה תמיד צריך להמציא את עצמך מחדש. זה התפקיד שלי תמיד לשנות את דעתם של אנשים.”

“Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay, but it's all good.' It's kind of like going to Paris when you don't know the language; some Americans get into trouble over there, but I'm just like, 'Sorry, I don't speak French.'”

“As much as they deny it, I think people want to be scared. It's a phenomenon, why people want to be scared when there is so much violence and craziness in the world. People still really enjoy being scared. It's a conundrum to me. It's hard to explain. It's an unconscious thing, really, why people like that so much.”

“Most of the time people are aiming so low on television. They're trying to reach that common denominator, especially on network television.”

“As an actor, you always have to reinvent yourself or you end up in the gutter somewhere. It's my job to always change people's minds. I've known that for a long time and I've had to do it.”

“My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere.”

“You'd see those movie stars on the screen, and say, 'I want to be that guy.'”

“L.A. is still such a fascinating place to me, so big and diverse. It's so spread out that you can go from Zuma to downtown and there's really like 10 different towns in between.”

“I don't like the slasher stuff, myself, but I do like the psychological horror of Roman Polanski and that world. But, it's curious to me why people do like to be afraid.”

“It's like, no matter what I do, I always feel like I'm five years old, and I end up in the back of my father's car looking out the window, and nothing has changed in 25 years.”