Theres No Way That I Could Be

I Don't Have Any Conscious Memory Of Wanting To Be An Actor, But Early On, There Was Something In My Makeup That I Felt Comfortable With. Then When I Was Around Five Or Six, I Started Going To The Movies And Gradually It Dawned On Me That I Was Like One Of Those People On The Screen. And That Was It. There Was Never Any Question Or Doubt About What I Was Going To Do For A Living.

I Just Think That The Only Way We Come To Ourselves Is Through Each Other.

One Of My Favorite Episodes In West Wing Was The Homeless Man That Died And They Found, In The Overcoat He Was Wearing, A Card Of The Speechwriter, Toby. He Had Given That Coat To The Goodwill And This Guy Had Ended Up Wearing It, Died In It And Toby Went To His Funeral. He Turned Out To Be A Korean War Veteran. It Was Our First Christmas Episode And That Was A True Story - A Member Of The Staff Had Done Exactly That. So Many Of These Stories Were Far Better Than Any Fiction.

If All Of The Issues That I Have Worked On Were Depending On Some Measure Of Success, It Would Be A Total Failure. I Don't Anticipate Success. We're Not Asked To Be Successful, We Are Only Asked To Be Faithful. I Couldn't Even Tell You What Success Is.

Well, I Think That Catholicism's Basic Foundation Of Faith Is Personal Conscience. I Think It's Between You And God, Not You And The Church.