I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.

Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors.

A show that's been successful that been on a while, chances are it's going to stay that way. At least it's going to maintain some kind of standard. But when a show begins, there's no telling. Even after 13 shows or a whole year, you don't know what will become of it.

I was initially a leading man, but only on television.

I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

You make the choice. You look at each scene and you make sure that this is not a person deceiving people.

Good decisions don't make life easy, but they do make it easier.