I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche

Life isn't fair, but you can be.

All I see is people out there who are hungry for more.

And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine

There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.

Television's grown up a lot. It's a little more adult, which I think is a good thing. It allows actors to tell more complex stories. I'm happy to see where it ends up.