I mean, I enjoy my work as an actor. But to make a difference in people's lives through advocacy and through supporting research - that's the kind of privilege that few people will get, and it's certainly bigger than being on TV every Thursday for half an hour.

[Constant curiousity leads to happiness:] I wake up curious every day and every day I'm surprised by something. And if I can just recognize that surprise every day and say, 'Oh, that's a new thing, that's a new gift that I got today that I didn't even know about yesterday,' it keeps me going. It keeps me more than going. It keeps me enthusiastic and grateful!

I might have skipped class, but I didn't miss any lessons.

I've never gotten up to see something one of my kids wanted to show me and not been rewarded.

In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being.

I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.

Pain is temporary, film is forever.