Enrico Colantoni

Enrico: The biggest break I got was when I got accepted to the Yale School of Drama. They taught me how to detach myself from the art of acting. And then I could begin to see it as a craft as opposed to a part of me that I couldn't differentiate. They trained us to be intentional in our choices and fulfill them.

Enrico: That's the only thing I can hope for as a dad that when they are in trouble that they'll come to me. Not to stop them from getting into trouble, I just don't want them to hide it.

Enrico: I see myself more as a journeyman and sort of a supporting character actor. That leaves me more time to enjoy my own life.

Enrico: I don't know how anybody can just do one picture. Yeah, you make like 90 million dollars in that one picture, you don't need to work, but my mind would rot. I need to go and dig my ditches. I need to go bang a nail every day. I need that and TV gives it to you.

Enrico: (on "Veronica Mars" season finale "Not Pictured") I read that last episode, got to the part where I died in a plane crash and I went I'm not going to read anymore, but then they said keep reading.

Enrico: TV is fun and it satisfies my blue collar work ethic. I get to go to work everyday. You know, movies would be great, but then there would be way too much time off in between.

Enrico: (on the pilot for "Veronica Mars") I really liked that pilot. In the original pilot it was so much darker and seedier. I mean the opening shot in the original pilot, before we changed it, was her taking pictures of a john in a motel room. And then the episode they showed she was like in school in a classroom, but that opening shot in the beginning it was like, ooh my God, Then where they live is just so clearly on the other side of the tracks, where the pool was just dirty and it was just like a small apartment and that's where they lived.

Enrico: (on the creator of "Veronica Mars") Rob Thomas is pretty clear-minded. He knows what he wants.

Enrico: I like drama. I never really embraced comedy. I always ran away from it. When I got Hope and Gloria it really, really surprised me. It's been a wonderful lesson for me because I tend not to have a lot of fun and to take everything seriously. So comedy is a wonderful gift. Comedy to me makes me have to have fun!

Enrico: You know what? It really sucks. It's my birthday, but to a woman it's Valentine's Day. I'm grateful that I'm married because we just celebrate the whole thing.