The thing that attracted me to 'CSI' is that these guys are always professional, but underneath, it's teeming with a heavy shadow. Maybe even some decadence and some weirdness with certain characters! And that always intrigued me as an actor.

I think everyone, all of us, are complicated people. We have jobs that require us to be a certain way. We all do. Unfortunately, our jobs overtake our personality, but that is the world. We live in a conundrum. You have to keep it together.

I've always thought really good artists in general are overqualified. You're paid to stand there and do a line, but the guy has probably gone to drama school... but they have developed it to be just, like, one specific line.

I sometimes improvise, and that's what I call 'massaging the character.'

I look forward to the end of all this money-making part of the career, to be truthful.

It isn't always hard work that does the job.

I don’t know what an audience wants to see but I know what I like to see.

The real rub is finding that authentic self and it’s not something that’s going to come to you overnight.

It’s exciting to think that something I’m involved in is touching so many people in so many cultures.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That’s sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.