He never gave up. And he does that for us

I think the secret of great acting is that you have to bring your imagination to the party. You have to have a great imagination and you have to bring it every day when you're working. Your imagination and your skills as an actor are what see you through, not what you're wearing or where you are.

Because television doesn't offer the kind of budget that a movie offers, you've got to be a little more careful where you spend the money to put the fiction in science.

I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.

I'm not a great man to my children. I'm just 'Pop.' The more involved I am with my kids, it keeps my head flat on top.

I've always sort of time-locked and mind-blocked myself in my 30s, and that's always the age I feel.

When I don't have a story to tell, I'm a terror to live with.