Eric Close quotes:

The majority of the world - including myself - we all have problems and difficulty in life, and life's messy. But there are great rewards in life, too.

If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.

The Monte Carlo TV Festival is great because it's a celebration of television and great storytelling.

It is beautiful in Vancouver; let's face it. I mean, you have the ocean. There's mountains.

John Denver I listened to when I was in elementary school.

I was a wild kid in high school. I liked to get crazy and be rebellious and go to parties and do all that kind of stuff.

I have friends that tease me about 'Without a Trace;' they say, 'You're really good at saying, 'Have you seen this person?'

I just feel that God gave me a certain gift, and that was to go out, do storytelling and be an actor. And my responsibility with that gift is to do the best job possible and to re-create real life.

I pick up other people's trash. I'm sort of obsessed.

I love country music.

I'm always trying to look for different roles.

I've always been a big fan of Nashville, and I have friends that live there.

I think love is blind. I hate to use that cliched statement, but people, when they love somebody, they seem to be able to somehow to put aside red flags.

I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's my turn to be my own man.'

A lot of factors go into the longevity of a show.