Peter Scolari

“What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I really believe that.”

“I love Columbus Circle. I rebelled against the construction for a while because I go back to the '70s. There was no Time Warner building. Now I've started to really like it.”

“My mom and dad? Oh, they were a fiery pair. They stayed together for the kids and also because they were hopelessly in love with each other, but they were totally incompatible.”

“One of the major demographic shares of people who watch 'Girls' are men in their fifties. Fathers watch it, maybe trying to figure out how to keep up with their 20-something daughters.”

“I always wanted to be an actor. My first professional job was at 19, working in New York theater.”

“I probably make more money in a year on 'Newhart' than 70 percent of your working top-name stars. Some weeks I just have six lines, but it doesn't bother me.”

“If I took everything as personally as I possibly could, I wouldn't survive.”

“It's more than sentimental for me to be working in theater in New York; it's very personal. I think it's a spiritual experience for me.”

“Never underestimate the value of someone who can say, 'You make me sick.'”

“I understand in the context of acting, it allows me to manifest character, but I am no wiser then the next person that is living up a life, that is acting and reacting to the built-up circumstances around them.”

“I'm a good juggler. If you want to court a woman, you need to be able to juggle five balls, fire, and knives.”

“The reality of getting married, it really changed things into something beautiful. There was transformation.”

“The first thing you have to get when you play somebody iconic is you have to get lucky. More than anything else, you have to make a leap of faith and know that somewhere, the net will appear, and you'll find your way.”

“Nothing's hipper than leaving the set of 'Girls' in Brooklyn and having a teamster drop you off at your Broadway show.”

“With 'Girls,' I have been able to plug into almost everything I've felt that's personal and sensitive.”

“My mother sent me lithograph years ago at the height of my television success. It said, 'When your cup runneth over, watcheth out.' I never got over it. There's something so cosmic to be inferred in that. Not necessarily anything bad, and not necessarily anything good.”

“My first wife tried to get back with me a year later, but there was no way. I used to think she was the be-all and end-all, but I got my stinky little pride back.”

“I've done 'The Love Boat' twice. I had a great time, but my ego rails against it.”

“When people say, 'I know you. What have I seen you in?' I respond, 'Well, it depends on how old you are.'”

“I'm as proud of my work in 'Madoff' as anything I've ever done. Richard Dreyfuss turned in a bravura performance. It went unnoticed.”