As a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas.

By giving the leadership to the private sector in a capitalistic society, we're going to measure the value of art by how many products we can sell.

I had no idea I was going to have a career in the theater. I did not plan it.

Usually in theater, the visual repeats the verbal. The visual dwindles into decoration. But I think with my eyes. For me, the visual is not an afterthought, not an illustration of the text. If it says the same thing as the words, why look? The visual must be so compelling that a deaf man would sit though the performance fascinated.

I want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself, and our situation, especially the American people who show their care about the quality of justice as a universal value and I'm very grateful to all of you.

At one point, I just decided that it might be more creatively rewarding to put my time into writing on stuff that I could really be proud of rather than trying to get a one-episode part on 'Modern Family' or something.

My father was a bricklayer, and my mother was a housewife. It was complicated, obviously, because of our humble origin, but thank God we were all focused.

I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.