In my mind, I'm doing everything, but in reality, I'm doing very, very little. You come up with one idea, one moment, one line that leads to something and you feel like it's easy. And then, you sit back and think there would be no show without that.

I like my job. That's become very clear to me. I know how to pretend to do things that I otherwise didn't know how to do.

Kids on the set tend to be a pain, and if they're not, their parents are.

What am I going to wear to the Emmys? Something with a tie.

You know, what a producer does is one of the great mysteries in life, so anyone can be one.

Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers.

I remember years ago being on the set of 'Dreamcatcher' and not only did I have such great admiration for Morgan Freeman and was just thrilled to be around him, I was struck by the fact that he seemed to be having perhaps more fun than I was at his job. And I thought, 'Well, that's very promising.