I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to the actors. When people ask me what I do, I don't really say that I'm an actor, because actors often wait for someone to give them roles.

You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you - it's about you needing to love people.

When it comes down to it, I'd rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.

I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting or not, I write. I write when I'm tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.

In television you don't have a lot of time to spend with the role or the script. Typically you get a script a week prior to shooting. Sometimes it's even less time, not enough time to dream about the role.