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“I'd really like to play bad guys or guys that have something a little bit off about them. And I get to do that periodically.”
“If I can avoid looking at myself, I will. I don't care to examine myself or see much of what I do. I never care how I look.”
“For actors, we always feel like there shouldn't be any divide for anybody. The industry is the one that kind of creates the idea that if you're such-and-such an actor, you can't be on the big screen.”
“A lot of people don't know that I'm a singer - that's my thing, really.”
“I've done great theatre, great films and had a lot of opportunities in television. I also love to sing, and I've been able to do that once or twice in the television shows.”
“The reality of our business is that for every actor who's rolled up his tent and given up and gone home, the next day you hear about some shoe salesman at Macy's who had this audition and now he's Harrison Ford. There's always that carrot out there in our business.”
“To be quite honest, I find that it's easier to do parts that are wrapped up in different hair and wardrobe and eras, and different period behavior, than it is to play closer to the present.”
“After 'Quantum Leap,' a lot of sci-fi things came my way, and I had to say, 'I can't do that right now.'”
“For a long-running TV show, you're looking for a character who is interesting and vibrant and you can imagine going into all kinds of different areas.”
“My oldest son started to like 'South Park' and 'Family Guy,' so we'd watch together so I could spend time with him.”
“I haven't really thought about where to scatter my ashes when the time comes, but I doubt that it would be in space.”
“One of the hardest things to do is to be present and open and clear about who you are and what you stand for. We all have issues with that.”
“In the fantasy, sci-fi world, the fans are so discerning and they're so tough and they're so intelligent, and they're so critical.”
“I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know people and their talents, forming relationships. Working in this business, barriers drop and you get into people real quickly.”
“I've always been told I had an old face. So when I was in my 20s, I never got to play a teenager.”
“My kids are good athletes and runners. They run in a bunch of sports.”
“I'm a musical theater guy. That's where I came from. That's where I go whenever I have the chance. It's my first love.”
“I think the challenge in hour television or half-hour television is that the more it's around, certainly on commercial television, the less time you have to tell stories these days, because the more commercials they're putting in.”
“The 'NCIS' franchise is beyond successful.”
“I grew up in St. Louis, and I don't know if you've ever been to St. Louis in the middle of summer. There are days in the summer sometimes, weeks in the summer, where the temperature can be over 100 degrees and the humidity can be 100 percent.”