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L.A.'s a better place to live than it is to visit.

In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it.

French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.

Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'

As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.

There's more of a family connection when you're working on a TV show. That's not to say that you don't make great connections when you're working on films, but it's different unless you're there working every day.

It's always difficult when you're on a show that goes for more than a year or a couple of years.

A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.

I need some challenges in love or I'm bored.

I've seen the odd tarot reader and had my palm read in various countries and explained to me in many strains of broken English. Did I believe a word? To be honest, I didn't understand much, but I loved watching the presentation.

I do have a lot of Australian friends.

The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity.

In general, the problem in a relationship is when the couple stagnate.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

I am very straight-forward and direct. If I disagree with something, I say something about it.

I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.

For an actor working in television or film, I think it's important to understand how the medium works - how the camera and lenses work and how the sound and the editing works.

My kids think I'm old and over the hill.

I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great. I think that is a good thing and that people need to stand up, voice their opinions, and be heard.

I'm pretty good at gardening. It consumes my time, and it feels like I'm doing something constructive.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.