Quotes

[on why violence is so common an element in entertainment media] It appeals to the little badness all of us have in our makeup. It's part of human nature and, being privy to that kind of thing, people find it somewhat fascinating and the more you give them, the more they want.

[on him being only a few years older than his on-screen 'Blue Bloods' son, Tom Selleck] When the proposition came to me, my wife got the appointment on the internet from my agent and said, 'This show, you're going to get this role playing Tom Selleck's father and it'll run for ten years.' I laughed at her. In the first place, Tom and I ... Who's going to buy me being Tom Selleck's father?

[2022, on the passing of Angela Lansbury] She was a great artist. I know she's with Peter (Shaw) now, her husband, who I think she missed terribly. She said to me on her last birthday, a year ago, 'It's just silly being this old.'