I don't think you have to be perfect to be a role model.

The press concentrates on a divorce an actor's going through and they ignore the good performances he gives, or the causes that he works for.

One of my favorite books [The Stand] of all time. I grew up reading it.

Trying to execute that kind of intricate staging in the West Wing at the same time you're doing intricate dialogue - it's like patting your head and rubbing your stomach!

What people do in their private lives is their business, and shouldn't be anybody else's business.

Francis [Ford Coppola] was on the cover of Time Magazine for One From The Heart and for owning a studio, and he was fresh off of Apocalypse [Now] and The Godfather films, so he was at the absolute top of his game and legend [in The Outsiders ].

[Ed Lauter] was an actor's actor. I love working with that class of actor. You know, they come in, they do it, no bullshit. There's no artifice, there's no fanciness, they're just honest and tough and direct.