Tim Daly

I realized that my grandfather walked with Martin Luther King forty years ago. That was his dream. And in his little way, he helped us get closer to where we are today.

There are two jobs. There is being an actor, and there is being a celebrity. Some people are really good at both. Some people are really good celebrities and terrible actors, and some people are really good actors and terrible celebrities. Hopefully, I am a really good actor and an OK celebrity.

My public Facebook page is what it is. My Twitter account is sort of what it is, but if I'm totally honest with you, that is not my personal, private self. I have another Facebook page that is devoted to my dear friends and family, and they can keep in touch with me that way.

I never have thought of myself as a brand. I've thought of myself as an artist.

I have no illusions of being the big box office draw. But I would like to have some choices.

I could have been a rich kid who stayed in college and got by on the path of least resistance, but I got much more out of being in the world and pulling my own weight.

I get offered a lot of parts where I want to say, 'Why don't you just hire a model? Don't hire an actor.' I'm trying to convince people I'm a real actor, not some mannequin.

I grew up with actors, so I never thought of them as anything but human - sort of horribly, inextricably human.

We sort of have given up on the idea of taking any sort of personal responsibility for what we see. I don't understand it at all. There are many things that I won't let my kids watch.

I will always look for things that are different from the last thing I played.

The biggest compliment I can ever get as an actor is to have someone say, 'We didn't recognize you.'

Everybody wants to have their 'Breaking Bad.' It went to Bryan Cranston. It couldn't have happened to a better guy or a better actor.

I don't think I gave 'Wings' its due. I was young. I wanted to light the world on fire.

I used to build lofts in SoHo back when there was nothing there. I had a stoop on West Broadway between Prince and Spring. My partner and I would sit there, eat dinner, and watch the world go by.

What I've realized, and had to become comfortable with, is that I'm just, I don't think, a star. I'm an actor.

My natural self is John Goodman. If I relaxed, I'd be him.

I think I'm a lot more complicated than my looks might indicate.

I know this sounds stupid, but in some ways, the way I look is a drawback.

'Wings' offered me the rare opportunity to be a full-time dad and a working actor for eight years.

'Wings' was a blessing, but it was also very difficult. Whenever you do situation comedy, no matter how excellent the execution - and we had a great cast and great writers - but the format is somewhat limited.