Tim Daly

“I look for characters that offer me opportunities to explore some aspect of the human condition. I think a lot of actors would say that and would look for that. I've been lucky enough to find projects that let me do that.”

“Usually when I see myself in a film or on television, there's about a six-month period where I can't look at it because all I'll see are the mistakes. I'm just appalled by the person that I see.”

“The biggest compliment I can ever get as an actor is to have someone say, 'We didn't recognize you.'”

“I don't think I gave 'Wings' its due. I was young. I wanted to light the world on fire.”

“'Wings' offered me the rare opportunity to be a full-time dad and a working actor for eight years.”

“I had so much fun on 'The Mindy Project.'”

“I've had - I don't really know how to describe them, except moments of 'extrasensory perception' of some sort. I've also had sort of a 'white light' moment.”

“What I've realized, and had to become comfortable with, is that I'm just, I don't think, a star. I'm an actor.”

“I feel the need to endanger myself every so often.”

“I like bothering people and stirring things up.”

“I can't help teasing people. That's the way that I am, and I hope that nobody takes it too personally.”

“For people like me, who have blocked out a chunk of their past, you wonder - if you open that door, if you walk into that room of your memories, what will happen? Will it destroy you or will it make you stronger?”

“I have this burgeoning reputation for playing a scumbag.”

“I know this sounds stupid, but in some ways, the way I look is a drawback.”

“People are human beings. They talk about stuff, they make mistakes, they try to impress each other with their tidbits.”

“I realized that my grandfather walked with Martin Luther King forty years ago. That was his dream. And in his little way, he helped us get closer to where we are today.”

“I grew up with actors, so I never thought of them as anything but human - sort of horribly, inextricably human.”

“We sort of have given up on the idea of taking any sort of personal responsibility for what we see. I don't understand it at all. There are many things that I won't let my kids watch.”

“'Superman' was a total accident. The producers of the animated series were having a hard time finding someone to read the character. I was brought in through a connection and, I think, out of desperation.”

“I never have thought of myself as a brand. I've thought of myself as an artist.”