Detective Don Flack: I thought this was your night off. Detective Mac Taylor: [referring to Peyton at another crime scene] My dinner date dumped me for a dead body.

Detective Mac Taylor: And don`t call me "sir."

*Det. Mac Taylor: Two dead doves, one dead bride... looks like "fowl" play to me. Det. Mac Taylor: [Danny makes a joke about marriage] You know, it could happen to you. Danny Messer: What? Marriage? Det. Mac Taylor: No, love. Danny Messer: Don`t even joke about that Mac! That`s not funny!

*Detective Mac Taylor: I prefer Crunk myself. *Detective Mac Taylor: Typical club death. 200 people inside, none of them saw anything. *Detective Mac Taylor: You should hear Aiden talk about this hip-hop world. Close your eyes, she sounds like Queen Latifah.

Mac: If this is a joke, I`m not laughing. These bones are real.

So for, you know, for a good 20 years now I`ve been involved with veterans and soldiers and in support of them no matter what they`re doing.

I study to learn, to be an educated person.

I save money when I`m working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.

Well, I`ve been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November.

It`s always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.

I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We`ve been very supportive of the veterans there.

I`ve worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It`s like a constant upgrade.

But I`ve got more to learn, too. I don`t feel like I`m done or I know it all.

Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them.

You`ve got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it`s not in movie stardom.

I was always fascinated with rock `n` roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid.

I`ve directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.

Well, you`re not incorrect on either front, because absolutely, there are children here in this country that need help as are everywhere in the world.

I`m not like one of those actors who`s a frustrated director.

"Careers, like rockets, don`t always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running."

"Sometimes you`re in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks."

"Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can`t help it."