Action is pretty boring to do as an actor. Action and sex scenes are silly because it's all faking.

People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play.

I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

We like to keep the sexual tension underplayed, especially between the Smoking Man and me. Once we thought he was my father . . . it got more interesting.

There's two things I gotta do. One is, I gotta update my resume. And then, I have to call my mother.

You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special. I think people react to celebrities like that - I mean, they treat celebrities like children.

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