"I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up."

"I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read 'em a bedtime story. It's almost like a normal life."

"I'm in the business to push it. I'm not likely to be attracted to characters I've already done."

"How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What's the point?"

"I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me."

"Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy."

"It's a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people."

"When I got divorced and moved into an apartment, I started keeping the TV on, just for company."

"At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible."

"People think what you are doing is real, on a TV show."