A lot of times passion projects or films are difficult to make because they don't have proven directors attached to them.

Obviously people's feelings are going to get hurt when you use certain words, but you can't outlaw words. They're really the history of our culture. They tell you what's going on. When you make words politically incorrect you're taking all the poetry out of the language. I'm pro anybody living their lives the way they want to live, sexually and otherwise; and I'm anti any kind of language repression.

As names that can mean things, I prefer spiritual to a lot of other things.

Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.

I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.

The only episode which was completely my idea was for Mitch Pileggi, the actor who portrays Skinner, the Assistant Director of the FBI. He appears often in the series, but only for a few scenes. You know virtually nothing about him. I wanted him to have an episode that was his alone, so I wrote Avatar for him. He even has a scene that's pretty . . . hot [knowing smile]. He was very happy.

When I was a kid I ate sports books up, like "Winners Never Quit" by Phil Pepe. That was like my bible.