“I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you'...” — James Lipton Quote

“I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.”

“I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else.”

“They change. They're different. There are no two alike, that's the miracle of it. But if they have something to teach the students. You can see them writing during the show.”

“I don't think the president had anything to do with Fast and Furious. I'm not sure Eric Holder did, which leads to a conversation about whether he should have known about it.”

“When I'm on television, I'm talking to millions of people, so the conversation is totally different. My words are different. My diction is different because now I'm really talking American English and not homeboy English.”

“Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.”