One of the best lessons I learned early is that not everything in life is about you. It is about service. If you want trips and excessive gifts, then don't get into public service.

The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.

Sometimes it's a character you want to play or a story you want to tell. Sometimes it's just to pay the bills.

I've been using the same editor, thankfully, she's been sticking with me, but I've been doing it full-on guerilla style... I haven't gotten any public sponsor or anything, because I don't want to seem like I'm trying to sell any particular thing.

I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these men. They're not just mythic heroes.

When it comes down to it, I just want to work.

We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.

I don't know if I want to be a big star though.

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.

I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.

The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.

It's not really that I didn't want to perform at all. What I didn't want to do was try to put together a band, rehearse, on my own. You know what I mean?

You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again.

I didn't want to be the sissy figure skater, you know.