The writers keep managing to turn the show in on itself, coming up with something that's well thought-out and miraculous.

I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way.

If your ethics in the military, in your training, is going to be counterminded by a one-hour weekly television show we've got a really big problem.

I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character.

People respond to a guy who is trapped and succeeds on some level and fails on another.

I've done some stupid things. You just have to take responsibility, go, That was embarrassing, and move forward as best you can.

When I started, with films like 'The Bay Boy' and 'Stand by Me', I look back on those interviews and I'm amazed; there's no mention of my father; it's not even 'son of Donald Sutherland.' I caught a bit of a break in that it never felt like a weight to me.