I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.

I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's constant activity, and that's the way I prefer to live my life.

There is no such thing as a weekend for me when I'm at home on my ranch in Oregon.

Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to practise Buddhism, which is a levelling experience for me, and there hasn't been a day I've missed in 40 years. I apply it to everything - to my work and relationships. I try to be a compassionate person.

Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.

Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.