I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman.

Try taking a stand on just one leg. You need to see both sides.

I'm not great at fear. I made the least frightening vampire show ever on TV. I'm pretty much good at heroic narratives and making people laugh, and that's pretty much it.

As we all know, blinking lights means science.

If I kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.

I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme.

That wouldn't be a first, now would it?" "Jean." "Jean Grey is dead, Agent." "Yeah, that'll last.