I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character.

I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.

Life is supposed to get tough.

What I can control is how I react. I can't control anything else.

It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill.

Alexander Pope once wrote that the theater aspires to wake the soul by gentle strokes of art - to raise the genius and to mend the heart.

Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.