Peter Krause

(remarking on his hesitation to accept his new role) Peter: I just didn't know if I wanted to commit to another six or seven years of television work. The film opportunities that were coming my way were great in the independent world, but in the feature world — well, if I hadn't had any other things going on, I may have very much wanted to play Nancy Drew's father. But they weren't exactly roles that were calling out to me.

Peter: Fart machines have become ubiquitous, it seems, in Hollywood.

Peter: I think that being a conscious parent opens your eyes to the fact that any adult relationships that you have, whenever children are present on a daily basis, that they're modeling how they get along with people by what they see how you get along.

(On Six Feet Under) Peter: After Sept. 11, a lot of people who do TV went back to work and thought, 'Oh, jeez. This is meaningless.' But our show is now as meaningful as ever. The basic theme of our show is, you've got this one singular life and that's it. It makes people think about themselves and their place in the world.

(On what his children are to do upon his death) Peter: They'll get to go to some places in the world that were meaningful to me, and they can scatter my ashes. It'll be sort of a Dead Dad Tour.

Peter: The departure at this point is that having a number of tragic events happen to you, and to those around you — I think it starts to change you.

Peter Krause: (Responding to a question about the depressing content of Six Feet Under) That's life man!

Peter Krause: I started college Pre-Med. That lasted about half a semester.

Peter Krause: I had done one play in high school, but then I hurt my back pole-vaulting. To meet a girl. Met the girl, took her to the prom, but I didn't like the part I got in the play.

Peter Krause: (On taking care of his son) I don't smack him around. I don't yell at him. And if he wants to go to the park in his pajamas, I don't care.

Peter Krause: And then, all of a sudden, you're like, all that's great and fun, but Arthur Miller's in my dressing room. This is the third night he's been here and he sits in my dressing room for an hour after each show, and talks to me for an hour. So I'm pretty spoiled right now.

Peter: Well I'm not much of a singer. But it's been a really nice time to do film, television, theater and have it all happening at once. That wasn't planned but it just happens.

Peter: We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation.

Peter: This is exactly what I have always wanted to be doing. It's been difficult to get here. I've had to do a lot of other things along the way.

Peter: People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the individual and it hurts the whole.

Peter: My bones are tired from all the tragedy in me.

Peter: It's part of the journey of being an actor. You have to share some personal things once in a while that you you'd rather not.

Peter: It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.

Peter: At this point, I'm spoiled. I've actually had a really blessed career.

Peter: I'm very wary of large groups of people getting together and trying to believe the same thing. It never seems to end well, whether it's political or religious or whatever.

Peter: I'm pretty political when it comes to human rights and things like that.

Peter: I'm moved to think about the political state of our country right now. Most people who go out and vote have a very clear sense of what's right and wrong. And a lot of those people who don't aren't sure, so they don't go out and vote.

Peter: I think that every show on television has its place. I think Married With Children or, I don't know, The Nanny... some people want to go home, turn on the TV and be able to iron their clothes or grab a sandwich. Come out and catch a joke and not have to follow the story.

Peter: I think that being a conscious parent opens your eyes to the fact that any adult relationships that you have, whenever children are present on a daily basis, that they're modeling how they get along with people by what they see how you get along.

Peter: I like a lot of things about my job, but in particular I like that the actors get to come to work and explore behavior, explore people's life rules. The rules that we set up for ourselves to live by, when do we break them? When do we change them? Those are the things that turn me on about acting.