Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I've always been able to support myself since then.

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.

I just spent a lot of time on 'ER' for that eight years. I also started working when I was 16, so by the time I left 'ER,' I was 40 years old, I had this incredible experience, my wife had this great company, we had four kids, it was like, 'Let's go to New York and live for a while and make that the priority.'

My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect what being a human is? What do we gain from that?

I had this thing about hanging out in dark theaters. My family thought I grew out of a rock.

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.

You know, you never say never because before I did 'ER,' I always said 'I'll never do a TV series,' so that's what I said.