I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

I'm the kind of guy who, I need a watch that tells me what day it is. I need to know it's Friday on my watch. I need to look at it and go, 'Friday today.' Tomorrow I will not know it's Saturday until I look at my watch. My watchband broke, I was crippled. I have no concept of time, I have no concept of dates.

I've had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn't go very long. I've learned that there's really nothing you can do. If it's not in my control, I try not to worry about it.

I would cancel dialysis to be in the [hopefully upcoming Firefly] movie.

I want my job to include a little adventure, a little more of a heightened reality than what I'm actually living.

I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.

The trick is, when you grow up, find work that feels like play.