I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.

The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.

One of the richest countries in the history of the world having communities where people have to go over half an hour to get to fresh produce and food is unacceptable.

We don't eat to live, we live to eat because that's a part of the creativity of the day.

It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme' 'cause you're in a vacuum when you're on a TV show. You see the response online, you read about it and all of that, but actually to be live and have that many thousands of fans come out, it's really wonderful.

Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn't about them. It's the story.

Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.