Most of us aren't crazy psychotics, but most of us are a whole bunch of different people. I think when you are in a position of authority, that doesn….

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And….

Nothing ever guarantees you anything-that's my rule. My other rule is never believe anything that anyone tells you, and then you'll never be fooled. ….

From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant mom….

I found every single laugh as Laertes that you can find and only realized later that you really shouldn't find any at all..

I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so wel….

Her lips said 'no', but her eyes said 'read my lips'..

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny..

I would always fall down the big main staircase in our house. My favorite thing in the world was to pretend to be horribly killed at the top of it, a….

I think being an actor in general is acknowledging that we are constantly playing different roles, that we have all these different parts of ourselve….

My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who kno….

So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the same time..

The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell hi….

Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong..

Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens..

There's nothing more powerful than someone who has the disease who can be articulate and go in front of Congress or go to local government and say ma….

I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it ….

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event….

We all went to Kelsey's wedding, and yeah, we go to parties. We also go to each other's house. A group of us got together over at Kelsey's and just r….

I don't remember any sibling rivalry growing up, because by the time I was really conscious, Tom was going away to college. My relationship with him,….

I always think extremism is basically a reaction out of fear. What we seem to be experiencing is polar extremism that keeps people from coming togeth….