Tony Goldwyn

“I don't do anything artificial. I don't do Botox or surgery.”

“I've inherited a kind of... willfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I'll just hang in there with something until it happens.”

“We need a president with experience and the wisdom and the grit to stand up to bullies who tell women that they should be punished for making their own decisions.”

“My parents were obsessed with us being normal kids, so I never knew movie stars. They didn't want us to be Hollywood brats.”

“I loved working with Ed Zwick.”

“It was an incredible series, 'From The Earth To The Moon.' All of it's great.”

“I've played several real characters, and I've always found it very difficult because you don't want to do an impersonation.”

“We all have to stand up and fight alongside American women to make sure that they have the freedom to control their own futures.”

“Empathy goes a long way, for sure. We cannot have healthy, loving, mutually respectful relationships without it. But we're not psychic. At least I'm not. And intuition can only take you so far, especially when a person's sense of safety, comfort, and self-worth hangs in the balance.”

“I view the whole thing as a collaboration. As an actor, I always found that to be the most freeing thing, when the director would collaborate with you, so that together you'd come up with something exponentially better.”

“Reproductive rights are not just a women's issue.”

“A 'guys' night out' for me is... being with my wife! Since I'm at work a lot, I want to be with her when I'm home.”

“I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.”

“I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'”

“The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.”

“It takes courage to acknowledge uncertainty. And nothing is more attractive than demonstrating to another person that he or she is of value to you.”

“Life is a very emotional experience.”

“If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.”

“We're raised to believe that asking for help - that not having all the answers - is a sign of weakness, somehow challenging our manhood.”

“I have to say one of the most gratifying things about being in this industry for a long time is you do develop a genuine sense of community with the people you know and collaborate with.”