"I've never committed to a role without a script."

“It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.”

Source : "Ustinov's comic touch". BBC obituary, news.bbc.co.uk. March 29, 2004.

“Everything we are is anchored in our childhoods. The drama comes in how we deal with it. Are we slaves to our past, or can we rise above it? This is the stuff of great stories.”

“Being an actor, you always feel like you're swimming upstream. People are going, "No, they don't like you. They don't like the way you look. They don't like how old you are."”

Source : "Bradley Whitford on Happyish, The West Wing, and his high heels on Transparent". Interview with Will Harris, tv.avclub.com. June 16, 2015.

“I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs miracles.”

Source : Sir Stanley Spencer, Adrian Glew (2001). “Stanley Spencer: letters and writings”, Tate

“I wake up to my three dogs and my wife in bed and the kids, and those are the best gifts that I have.”

Source : "Interview with Mike Ness of Social Distortion". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“There is no such thing in life as no pain and no disappointment.”

“As a kid I used to pretend I was John Denver, of all people, and play the guitar and sing Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

“Coffee is the ultimate stress buster for me and I need my cup of coffee in the morning to kick start my day.”