The fact is, I have a great home and I like to have people come up. I meet enough people just doing my grocery shopping; I don't need to go out and meet any more people.
Contrary to popular belief, I don't go out very much. When I do go out, a lot of times it'll be to something like a heavyweight fight, and I'll be photographed, so that people have this conception that I go out a lot.
I can't help but be a little more gun-shy and wary about people.
When I'm angry I'm an incredibly tough person, because I don't get angry easily.
When people consent to do something, they should be able to do whatever they want.
People should be allowed to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own home or their own hotel room.
I meet so many people. I want to be genuine and open with everyone, because when I was young and just starting out, I remember I was around people who were successful, and I thought that some were kind of cool or off-putting to their fans. It always really bothered me. So I think I may sometimes go too far out of my way.
I don't like to let my celebrity interfere with me living my life. I like to meet people, I like to talk to people.
We had shot six episodes of the West Wing season when 9/11 happened. An extraordinary thing that would never happen today is Aaron going to the network and saying, "I think we need to go back and reshoot, I have something I want to do," and the network just kind of let him do it.
Trying to execute that kind of intricate staging in the West Wing at the same time you're doing intricate dialogue - it's like patting your head and rubbing your stomach!
Kids are growing up and they don't know the difference between fact and fiction. The line is getting blurry. I can handle it, you know; I'm a big boy. And the entertainment industry has always been crazy. But the problem is, it spills over into some very serious issues, in politics and real newsworthy stuff.
You show me a perfect person and I'll show you somebody who has lived a very closed life.
I'll be a role model on my terms, but don't make a role model on your terms.
I don't think you have to be perfect to be a role model.
What people do in their private lives is their business, and shouldn't be anybody else's business.
As far as my work for causes or social issues, that's something I'm doing as a private citizen.
I happen to be a movie star, but I'm not saying, "Hey, I'm a role model. Imitate me."
Anything that is stifled will eventually ferment or explode.
It's part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.
Everybody is naughty, everybody is good.
I was... 15? And Garry Marshall, who had many, many seasons in the sun and a very long career, was in the middle of the brightest of all his seasons - I think he owned network television - and it was his next thing, and he was directing [Mean Jeans ]. And I thought, "If there's anyone who can bring comedy out of a designer jeans shop, it's gotta be Garry."
That's what I grew up loving. Whether it's 30 Rock or The Office or Parks And Rec... I don't know if those still work on network today or not, but The Grinder did not. But the great news is that it lives on on Netflix.
William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] - that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star - that's very gratifying.
The really good thing about my career is that I never went through a phase where I played characters who had names like "Partygoer," "Waiter," or "Guy #1."
[The Outsiders] was very competitive, in the best possible way. Full of love, full of companionship and fellowship, pranks and practical jokes and ball-busting.
