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William Petersen Quotes

«I wonder how many women would want to wallow around in maggot farms at night, ... because that's really all Grissom could give them. Women think, 'Boy, could I make improvements on this guy,' and of course Grissom is scared to death of any improvements being made.»
«If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people.»
«On CBS, as long as I stay younger than Mike Wallace and Dan Rather, I'm OK.»
«One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility.»
«I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.»
«I'd lulled myself into the insularity of competence. I'd forgotten that, to do good work as an actor, you have to keep alive that part of yourself that's rebellious, that's an outlaw, that's... that's stark, raving crazy.»
«I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job.»
«It's just two pieces of paper, ... I don't know what the big deal is.»
«I have to say, I'm an Illinois resident, ... But when I was a child, as we crossed the state line, we always felt the air was better up here.»
«The (conservatives) are seeking a more binding type of communion, one that is more doctrinal,»

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