People think what you are doing is real, on a TV show.

McNeil and I are very different people. McNeil is the guy you hope does your surgery, but not the kind of guy you wanna have dinner with.

Some people say it`s scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I`m a team guy.

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

The only other job I`ve ever had where you can`t wait to get there was being a carpenter. It was because you`re doing something different every day.

I like this job - most days I have a chance to make breakfast and take the kids to school or to read `em a bedtime story. It`s almost like a normal life.

St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show.

I`m thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don`t mess it up.

It`s a lot easier to do good work when you have good words to say and work with good people.

I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years I realize I must enjoy walking that edge, I keep doing it.

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff - there are rehearsals separated from the rest of the show to try and make it as realistic as possible.

I tried to pick up some speech patterns from a couple of different Presidents, but other than that, I just wanted to play the role believable.

I`m just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.

I`m in the business to push it. I`m not likely to be attracted to characters I`ve already done.

I think if you get asked to do this, then that`s called doing your homework, and I try and do it.

When I got divorced and moved into an apartment, I started keeping the TV on, just for company.

How many times have you been on the freeway and had someone fly by you at 100 mph then end up two cars ahead of you at the off ramp? What`s the point?

I`m in the business to push it. I`m not likely to be attracted to characters I`ve already done. I have to be almost frightened by the possibility of taking it on. Over the years I realise I must enjoy walking that edge, I keep doing it. It`s why I like what I do. The only other job I`ve ever had that provides that time in the morning where you`re going to work and you can`t wait to get there and the sun`s rising and you`re moving toward something you look forward to getting up and doing every day was being a carpenter. And it was because you`re doing something different every day.