There's nothing worse than putting two similar shows back-to-back. Viewers don't want to watch one show and then sit through another half-hour of almost the same thing.

So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the same time.

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had.

Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong.

People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else.