David Caruso Quotations

Simply the size and complexity of the global financial system, just what occurs on a daily basis, legitimately, it's 24 hours a day, when you look at Asia, Europe, Latin America, the U.S. And to track all that, it's an impossibility.

But the good news is in today's world of so many options in entertainment, if you're getting some attention, that's a positive thing.

I was a guy who abandoned a TV show. I didn't care about people. They didn't want to see good things happen to me.

I think beneath all of it there's a tremendous power when two people decide to have a child. And inside that power is a very deep hope, and the power of that hope can hopefully overcome the circumstances that could rob them of this world.

I went from starring in a Paramount movie to unemployment for two years. Literally, I couldn't get a job for almost two years.

I think I found my niche. You say, well, you'll be on the show for another five years. I don't see it that way. I see it like, well, I get a chance to do my job for as long as they let me on this show: the daily pursuit of the scene. And that's what I got into this business for in the first place.

I've collected Andy Warhol art for years now I have two portraits of myself done by Steve Kaufman.

It really comes down to the fact that, because I was perceived as a bad guy for leaving the show, I think people were rooting against the movies. That was really unfortunate.

Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job.

Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world.

Having a little boy has taken me to a very deep place. I am starting to realize everything I ever worried about was such a waste of time.

I'm not a movie-based person, in terms of how it affects my career, the industry. I don't care about that. I probably haven't been too smart about that.

In Hollywood, if you have any success, you have this fear: What do you have to do to hang onto it?

I learned that unemployment can be the great educator.

Any story you've heard of my behavior is probably true.

To me there's a difference between success and satisfaction. A lot of people have success and no satisfaction. I'm after satisfaction. I

Red hair stigmatizes you.

My visibility may have gotten Hollywood to redefine what's attractive.

Women are not totally nauseous after seeing me.

For me the most important thing is to continue to work with the best people that I can find, and that will have me.

Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here.

I went from a guy, kind of a working actor, a supporting player, to magazine covers and being offered the studio pictures really quickly. Nobody was comfortable with it. I wasn't really comfortable with it.

If you're not willing to risk, there are no rewards.

A dirty word in the film business right now is intelligence.

I was a guy who abandoned a TV show. I didn't care about people.

The key to success is having some discipline, .. You don't have to be rocket scientist.

It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head - it is the unique intersection of both.

We concluded a three-year arc last year with the brother, ... and the little broken family that the brother had left behind, and all of those very interesting loose ends.

Do what every human being in America is considering: refinance.

Don't even think about cashing out. Stay the course. People are playing a dangerous game right now. This is the time to be putting money in.

Anne takes three years, ... with all these terrific brush strokes, to bring you back to what appears to be the source of that pain, the source of that conflict. It appears to be this broken family and the prodigal son, these things he can't really embrace because they're not his. And that appears to be what the source of all this is.

Anne, our commander in chief, ... has it blocked out in three three-year segments, almost like 'Star Wars.' In a very brilliant way, Anne is telling the entire saga of 'CSI: Miami' backwards.

Fear is a much bigger motivator than greed, but you've got to save money and put it in stocks, ... It's like a diet - to lose weight you have to eat less and exercise.

Now is a very good time to do the rebalancing game, Let's go where we're not.

It's taken me a long time to get back into the industry. People were not really open to me working, or being a part of the industry.

It's like owning a nice piece of real estate. You know it won't go bankrupt and you get a nice cash flow.

Once they go through it, they see what their stomachs can take. It's all in emotions.

The key to success is having some discipline, ... You don't have to be rocket scientist.

If you're in over your head, go out tomorrow and see a consumer credit counseling service, ... Talk to someone if you can't do the things on your list, or go find a financial planner to get some help.

In a funny way, we are more resonant in the foreign markets than we are domestically. That's why I think it is very important to come and connect with the journalists here and viewers here because our relationship with the larger landscape is here.