My dad said to me growing up: 'When all is said and done, if you can count all your true friends on one hand, you're a lucky man.'

I don't have a grand master plan, but I try to be thoughtful when I can and also silly. It's part of the fun.

Any time you get to dig deeper into your character, you welcome it, especially on a TV show.

I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams.

I never considered a career in broadcasting, not even as a kid.

I'm an everything Baltimore fan.

I'm kind of new to Twitter. I'm about one year in, so I'm a little late to the party.

It's fun to play a character who lives on the edge, who is an ethical and moral mess, and is paying the price for some of his actions.

My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations.

One thing I've learned about his business is this whole 'plan thing' - it doesn't work.

There's certain things that you can do on cable that you can't do here on network TV, so then you have to think outside the box a little bit.

What I want out of my career is just to work.

I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends.

One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don't make them any nicer.

There's a touch of the gambler in anybody really competitive and somebody that's willing to concede that to succeed, sometimes you need to cut corners and to make bold choices.

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse.

Society doesn't have much sympathy for the alcoholic. Drug addicts are beginning to be seen more as victims, but because alcohol is legal, people are less inclined to show sympathy and offer treatment.

The average alcoholic spends his or her life drinking or in the pub. Take that alcohol away and you leave behind an abyss. You have no idea how long a day is until you've been an alcoholic and somebody takes your drink away.