I didn't start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.

I was always enjoying the moment. Acting, writing, looking for roles and getting involved with people and trying to create something that would be entertaining to people. With 'E.R.,' we were all very lucky to get this combination of people together in the right story in the right way to take it to the level it has reached.

Be what you are. Don't change yourself for anything. God made you that way for a reason.

You've got to make the most of where you are. Then, when you're somewhere else, you've got to have the ability to fulfill that.

Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane.' I said, 'If I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor.'

'ER' was so huge that whatever I did coming back to television, I'd have to feel as strongly about.

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.