James Denton

"I'm not a hard-line Republican, because I'm a lot more open-minded than that."

"I think it helps a lot when they tell people that Teri Hatcher likes you. If you're Teri Hatcher's boyfriend, suddenly you're hunky I guess. I've spent 40 years being average and now I'm Teri hatcher's boyfriend and here we are. I've been really fortunate."

"And of course Marc Cherry heightens it and makes it hilarious. But there's so many universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did."

"Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium."

"I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting."

"And they didn't have to get into a lot of legal speak or talk ER terms, they were real people. I think that's why so many actresses were attracted to it. And it was just about problems that you could identify with so much, right off the bat."

"I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative."

"The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It's got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny."

"My parents were amazing people who had no business being together - and they knew it."