Rocky Carroll quotes:

As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.

As an actor, you can believe that you are the reason for a show's success, but these things are a brand name now. They're like Coca-Cola. It's like, with or without you, people are still gonna drink it.

There are always going to be hospital dramas because if you're sitting in an emergency room for two hours, I guarantee you you are going to see something that makes you gasp. That's where drama comes from.

When movies work or a TV series, when they really work, it's because of the collaborative effort. Competition is the death knell for anything, in my opinion. Especially in Hollywood. When actors are competing against each other, or when directors are competing against actors, it's usually the beginning of the end.

My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.'

There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity.

New York is like America with the volume turned up to 10.

I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.

We kind of forget because what television tends to do with these professions like lawyers and doctors and police officers, we create them on such a heroic level that you kind of forget that these are really people.

I always love the holiday episodes, because you really get to see everybody at their best.