37 Quotes by Craig T. Nelson

I lost my parents when I was fairly young.

I really wanted to do 'Modern Family,' and I really liked the script, and I liked the people.

If people are going to watch TV, let's give them something coherent with actual dialogue.

No one is accountable anymore for anything. No one did anything wrong. Well, you're to blame. That's to blame. This is to blame.

The beauty of 'Parenthood' is that it's a blue-collar working family, and it reflects attitudinal shifts that occur within people and families.

What it takes just to earn a living - working two or three jobs - is driving a wedge in families that shouldn't be there.

You can only do so much grunting and groaning and then you're done, you know?

Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable.

Education to me is the most important thing that we've got going in this country. I mean, a lot of my family are teachers. I was the recipient of a great public education, and I see that's one of the first things that we're going to go, 'What are we going to raise?' The ignorant masses.