Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

I've been playing the same character on Supernatural for the past nine years and while that character has gone through a lot of different iterations, it's nice to step out and just do something altogether different.

When you're doing lots and lots of episodes and you're playing the same character, it's great because you really get to know the character and it becomes a really fast style and you find subtleties in it.

As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing.

If you can dress as a stormtrooper and go to a laundromat, or wear a sexy cheese gown in public, you might start to find "normal" social interactions a little less daunting.

I am a frustrating interviewee. I'm like Ronald Reagan. I don't remember and I don't recall.

When you become an actor, you never, ever imagine you're going to be working on one role for a decade, and while it is such a blessing to get the opportunity to do that, it's also nice to do something different.