My First Lessons In Comedy, How To

I Think It Was Alfred Hitchcock Who Said 90 Percent Of Successful Moviemaking Is In The Casting. The Same Is True In Life. Who You Are Exposed To, Who You Choose To Surround Yourself With, Is A Unique Variable In All Of Our Experiences And It Is Hugely Important In Making Us Who We Are. Seek Out Interesting Characters, Tough Adversaries And Strong Mentors And Your Life Can Be Rich, Textured, Highly Entertaining And Successful, Like A Best Picture Winner. Surround Yourself With Dullards, People Of Vanilla Safety And Unextraordinary Ease, And You May Find Your Life Going Straight To Dvd.

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.

I Think [the Outsiders] Really Forged Who I Am As An Actor, And It's One Of The Reasons Why I Keep Being Drawn To Big Ensembles Where I'm Surrounded By Strong, Successful Actors Or Personalities. Because That Was My Initial Foray Into Movie Making.

[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.

[j.f.kennedy] Is An Iconic Figure. And To Make It Even Worse, He's A Hero Of Mine. And Every Actor Will Tell You That You Can't Play Heroes. And You Can't Play Villains. You Can Only Play Human Beings.