It became sort of a snowball effect, with guys trying to deal in their own way with 9/11, whether it was drinking or whatever.

Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used.

I had a relationship with an Italian chick that was built on just fighting and sex. As much as all women won't let go of stuff, Italian girls won't let go of anything. And she punched really hard. I got tired of the arguing it took to get to the sex.

Rosemary Rodriguez directed on Rescue Me for us, and I love her. She's fantastic with actresses and she's got a great sense of humor. That was a huge thing for me.

The second season is generally easier do because you know the actors better and they know the characters better and if everybody likes each other you can really go all types of places.

Loud, stupid and overeating will suffice as long as we also have the funny, the fierce and the intellectual

If you had no enemies, you had no fun.