Eric Close

“John Denver I listened to when I was in elementary school.”

“The two most important words in marriage for me are 'yes, dear.'”

“It's amazing to me how people throw stuff on the ground right next to a trash can. That drives me crazy.”

“It is beautiful in Vancouver; let's face it. I mean, you have the ocean. There's mountains.”

“The majority of the world - including myself - we all have problems and difficulty in life, and life's messy. But there are great rewards in life, too.”

“I pick up other people's trash. I'm sort of obsessed.”

“I have friends that tease me about 'Without a Trace;' they say, 'You're really good at saying, 'Have you seen this person?'”

“I think love is blind. I hate to use that cliched statement, but people, when they love somebody, they seem to be able to somehow to put aside red flags.”

“The Monte Carlo TV Festival is great because it's a celebration of television and great storytelling.”

“A lot of factors go into the longevity of a show.”

“I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor. And my responsibility with that gift is to do the best job possible and to re-create real life.”

“I was a wild kid in high school. I liked to get crazy and be rebellious and go to parties and do all that kind of stuff.”

“I've always been a big fan of Nashville, and I have friends that live there.”

“I'm always trying to look for different roles.”

“I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's my turn to be my own man.'”

“If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.”