Quotes

The different arenas that I've been able to do Iron Man in are fun, but some more than others. The anime that we did early on was tough. That was the hardest one. It was a reinterpretation of a reinterpretation. I don't think I'd do that again.

It's fun when you have a whole team of writers that really like writing for someone; you always end up with some really great lines.

I just don't get out as much as people think I do.

I just kind of stumbled into this Marvel thing with 'Spider-Man.' It's been great. I love it, it keeps me in town, it keeps me busy, and it's a lot of fun.

Well, every superhero has to have a super look, right?

I learned this through Iron Man - it really doesn't matter what I think about who he is because everybody has such a huge idea about what they think the guy is. You can't just rely on your instincts and your imagination, you have to match up with what the expectations are from the people.

Every show needs a jerk. I guess I'm that guy.

What you would call a 'lead,' I've always considered a supporting part, and what people would call 'supporting parts,' I've considered leads. In a way, I look at it in reverse, because supporting parts - when they're done correctly - are the ones that are progenitors for storylines, to move forward.

I haven't ever been stereotyped or pigeonholed or put into a box.

I didn't have the opportunity to finish college and I was quite sad about that.

I got to meet Princess Diana at Leicester Square, where we had a big premiere. It was one of the great experiences in my life.

It's a very different feeling to work on a show with a future.

We don't work for the government. We don't carry guns. We don't chase aliens. We are a man and a woman. The similarities end there... If 'X-Files' and 'Touched by an Angel' crashed on 'Highway to Heaven,' you'd have 'Mysterious Ways.'

Watching 'Profit' is like peering into a fishbowl and watching a piranha at work.

'Profit' was an intriguing fellow that couldn't be approached as a villain or a hero. The challenge in hanging a show on a character like Jim Profit was that we knew that we were in for a rough reception.

I love dogs.

I don't think 'Profit' is devoid of morality. He's just on a different plane than the rest of us.

I spend more time in suits than anyone in the corporate world.

Television doesn't get any better than the second episode of 'Castle.'

I did a show called 'Profit' a while back, and I based some of the work on some people that were in office at the time.

It's always very fun to play someone who's somewhat enigmatic, but at the same time there are underpinnings of real concern for mankind. That was what 'Profit' had a lot of.

I've never been good at selling myself.

I never grew up with heroes in show business. My hero was my father.

Every film I've done, I've tried to pick ones where I can learn.

I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. If anything I'm a minor celebrity or a TV star or whatever.