The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.

I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra.

I wouldn't care if they tattoo Festus all over. He's been good to me.

In this business you break a leg and 150 other people are out of work while production is shut down. It's not like you were an accountant and could still work with your leg in a cast.

We did some jumping at the start of the show. We went out without telling anyone - and the studio liked to kill us. They were threatened with cancellation of their production insurance.

I really miss Gunsmoke. It was like losing my whole family.

I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.

The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

I'd stop in the middle of a gun fight and sing a song.

I don't like lifts and will walk up 20 flights of stairs if I have to. Crowded rooms make me uncomfortable, too, although I can sing to a stadium full of thousands of people no bother.

And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people.

I get a lot of dramas, but I'd like to do a romantic comedy type of movie; that'd be a nice step for me. No more screaming or running or shooting... for one movie where I can just be in love with a boy.

Startups allow technologists and scientists to take risks and change plans in a way that would be frowned upon in a big company. Having said that, big companies will play a key role in certain areas and in partnerships with little companies. Each has its strengths.

I used to work the graveyard shift.

What I try to do often when I'm acting and what I like when I'm seeing good acting is how authentic it is. How true is this to what I know of the world that's been created for me? The ultimate test for me is, like, if I heard a clip of it on the radio, I'd like the audience not to know if I'm acting.

Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship never.

Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered.

I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst.

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.

When Princess Diana died, I couldn't understand why people were mourning her death in such an enormous, hysterical way when they didn't actually know her for real.

'The Sopranos' only reflected the tenor of how things are done in New Jersey. They didn't invent it. And I say that as a fan of both 'The Sopranos' and New Jersey.

There's always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened.

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind: Every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.

I was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started doing movies when I was in high school, so then I got popular. Then the girls paid attention to you who didn't before.

I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It's an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I'm also a teenager. I don't get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.

No one writes a great book every time out, or even a good book.

I had a lot of respect for Biggie, and it was just a weird, kinda difficult thing. When I'm doing touchy interviews like that, I just try to be fair to both parties.

To be able to always have a super sense of who I was and my own real identity and be petty and seem informed and always thinking in thoughts would be great.

Its always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.

I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what I wrote.

Accidents, try to change them - it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance.