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"We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes."
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"Discipline is required in all human endeavours."

"You are the actor, director, producer, and scriptwriter of the play called 'Your Life' and you can change the play anytime."

"Do not allow your sad past to rule your present situation. Unlike a tango, it does not take to two to forgive."

"My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny."

"You put the thing that does the killing between your teeth, but you never give it the power to kill you."
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"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 being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue."

"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 read through some plays just for the fun of it. That may not be everyone's idea of a good time, but we had a good time."

"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, which is a very close one, really developed in more recent years."

"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. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else."

"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 him the dog's name."

"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 well."

"There's nothing worse than putting two similar shows back-to-back. Viewers don't want to watch one show and then sit through another half-hour of almost the same thing."

"I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game."

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