Jeffrey Donovan quotes:

Encouragement from my high school teacher Patty Hart said 'you need to focus and theater might be your route out of here.' I created the program, went to college and graduate school and now here I am.

The most fun I've had on 'Burn Notice,' I think it would have to be working with China Chow and Lucy Lawless.

I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Don't recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don't recommend doing it alone.

What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh?

I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.

There was no theater program or anything where I'm from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program.

Guns make you stupidbetter to fight your wars with duct tape. Duct tape makes you smart.

Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.

My role as a producer is very specific. It's maintaining the creative truthfulness, day in and day out.

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things.

I'm not a big movie-goer. I just feel like I'm watching work.

I have a hands-off policy when it comes to my larynx.

As much as they'll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.

I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.

If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.

It's very, very technical, what we do in film. While all of the lights are there and all of the crew members and directors are staring right at you, you have to be honest. It's a very difficult, but technical medium.

There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.

As much as theyll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.