John Ross Bowie

“I have friends who have children with various disabilities, and I was able to talk to them about just sort of the struggle and the extra effort that has to be put into very commonplace things.”

“Your kids have these big emotions they can't put into words.”

“I think punk rock needs an 'Amadeus.'”

“We just can't scare our kids by living in fear.”

“Tragedy is the oldest form of theatre.”

“I got recognized on the subway in South Africa because of 'Big Bang.'”

“'Anchorman' is really good.”

“The bottom line is we go to theatre to vicariously spend time with really intense characters.”

“I think that the idea of wanting to fight for your kids, but also knowing that your wife is probably better at it, is something that rings very true for me.”

“'Speechless' is first and foremost a show about a family that doesn't have a ton of money, but they move into a really crappy house in a really nice neighborhood so their kids can go to a nice school.”

“Some people will go for the quick joke and not pay attention to the consequences.”

“I don't really have guilty pleasures - I like what I like. But I've seen a lot - a lot - of 'Taxicab Confessions.'”

“Commercials led to TV, and TV led to movies here and there.”

“I love coffee.”

“It's really hard to figure out what they need to know. And that's parenting, in general. It's hard to figure out what would benefit your kids and what would just make them needlessly frightened.”

“Living in a city is stressful absent terrorism.”

“I came out of UCB and, before that, punk rock, and the whole deal was you do it yourself. Get up and rent the space, get up and press your own records, get up and silkscreen your own tees, get it done yourself. That sort of self-reliance will only serve me. Any time I lose sight of that, my career suffers.”

“There's a certain steely resolve when you decide to live in a city and decide to raise children in the city. And if you're doing it properly, you have sort of a heightened awareness anyway.”

“My wife has a small part in 'Spy,' and that movie killed me repeatedly.”

“I guess that's the big challenge of any art: Do you want to be something for everyone or everything for someone?”