Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through.

I directed an episode of 'Party of Five' toward the very end of that show. It was a great experience.

I played football for a huge portion of my life, all the way through college actually.

The whole purpose of letting pain be pain is this: to let go of pain. By entering into it, we see that we are strong enough and capable enough to move through it. We find out that it ultimately has a gift for us.

When it comes to wilderness animals we have to make an effort to preserve what areas we can that they can be themselves in. Its come to a point though, clearly, where some species have to be cared for by humans if they are not going to disappear altogether.

The only way to learn compassion is through your heart; you have to back up and pass through your own pain.

After 'Lost', I never need to take a job for the money again.