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Some of the most important conversations I've ever had occurred at my family's dinner table.

It's important for me who is at the table with me; the moment when everyone speaks to each other and everyone listens. If there's good food, it's much better.

It's a wonderful time when you sit down around the table for dinner and discuss life. No matter where you are, it gives the semblance of normalcy to my crazy world.

When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.

The first time I walked by a crap table, I felt kind of funny.

I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important. There's something a little freeing about it.

I knew that if I could put a table in a room with not much light and a couple of chairs, I could have a real conversation. And I know that people... like to eavesdrop on a conversation.

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

When you sit down around the table, it's a great time to catch up and share and talk about the day, and I think that can keep families connected and together.

I like to think what I bring to the table is kind of a sympathetic and endearing quality, even while I'm playing outcasts or characters that end up in outlandish situations.