“I'm paid well and am demanding of the people I work with, and therefor...” — James Spader Quote

I'm paid well and am demanding of the people I work with, and therefore, I feel I should bring a lot.

I know that one's visibility is very high on television, even with an unsuccessful show! With a successful role, it's even higher.

I'm most drawn to characters who are compelling and repellant at the same time, very often right at the same moment, and who are frightening and funny all at once.

I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he is, in a way he's become diluted.

Acting for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money.

We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding.

I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding.

You go through playoff series and people forget about them. Nobody forgets about a Rangers-Devils series. It's demanding.

However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent.

It's very demanding to make up your own music.