Born on August 23rd

"I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop."

"'Star Trek' put sci-fi on the map and changed television, and 'Battlestar' has changed it in another direction by making it a little more mainstream and acceptable to people who wouldn't normally watch sci-fi."

"My buddy tells me a lot of interesting stories about what goes on in prison - it just makes my head spin about what they deal with on a day-to-day basis."

"As an actor, we're unemployed a lot, so I'm familiar with the stress of trying to get a gig, and sometimes you take shows that you don't really want to do to keep the money coming in."

"I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing."

"The great thing about 'Battlestar' was that it was basically 'Star Wars' but once a week, as opposed to waiting for three years for the movie to come out. I was a huge 'Battlestar' fan."

"My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that."

"I grew up playing hockey and some football, and I always think about the first time you walk into the locker room on a new team. The cliques are looking at you funny, and you make one friend, but then they're trying to stab you in the back."

"I have a new show now called 'The Bridge,' where I play a guy who's a real-life guy. My character's based on the life of a guy named Craig Bromell who was a cop for 12 years and then became head of the police association, so basically the president of the union for 85,000 cops."

"I remember in high school thinking that I wanted to be a lawyer, and now I realize I saw that movie 'And Justice for All' when I was a kid and thought, 'That's what lawyers do, and I want to get up and yell and scream in the middle of a courtroom.'"

"I love going to conventions, and I love spending time with the fans and going to parts of the world where I wouldn't normally go."

"I don't like shows that are predictable. I like it when you're shocked and you have no idea who's about to die."

"I do miss 'Battlestar', the cast and crew. That was a pretty well-oiled machine. It's sort of like you don't know what you've got till it's gone. But I go to a lot of sci-fi conventions, and I love going and talking about the show."

"I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her."

"Out of all the actors I have worked with, I love working with Larry Hagman the most. We were very close and it was just a wonderful time."

"There are guys out there faster than me."

"I never want to hurt anyone on the ice. That's not the type of player I am."

"You want to play in every game, and you especially don't want to be in the penalty box for five minutes and give the other team a chance to get a power play, and you don't want to hurt anyone on the other team."

"Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities."

"'Superbad' and 'Remember the Titans' - two movies I can watch over and over again. I watch 'Superbad' whenever I need to laugh."

"Being in my best shape, my conditioning, it's something I pride myself in."

"There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations."

"Ranger fans, they're expecting you to win, so you really want to show up every day."

"As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid."

"I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence."

"When I'm in the city, I like to go to different events and get introduced to different people. That's what New York is all about. There is great diversity, and there are people from all over the world who have done amazing things. That's my favorite thing to do: meet new people."

"Since we travel a lot as a team, I spend a lot of time on a plane where I like to play 'Football Manager.' I have been a soccer fan since I was 5 years old, so to be able to manage soccer teams is a lot of fun."

"I like to wear tight jeans. Most of my stuff is pretty slim fit."

"Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink."

"For guys who are into fitness, I think it's important to wear slim-fit stuff that is pretty tight so they can show off the bodies they have been working hard to have. Women are going to appreciate that."