My legs have become accustomed to the treadmill. And in L.A., running on the street is asking for a distracted texting driver to knock you over. Michael Weatherly More Quotes by Michael Weatherly More Quotes From Michael Weatherly What's most interesting to me is when [Tony DiNozzo] is just madly inappropriate. Michael Weatherly most-interesting inappropriate interesting When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably deserve it, even if I don't really understand it! Michael Weatherly smarter mad wife My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate with a character like Logan Cale. He's wearing glasses, he's in a wheelchair, he's a computer genius. He's very far away from who I am, but I really wanted to play roles where I'd be taken seriously. Michael Weatherly smart mother father I think the thing that makes 'NCIS' so special is the team and the group. And there's our fearless leader, Mark Harmon. We all really enjoy working together, so it would be a shame if we weren't all there having fun together. Michael Weatherly team fun thinking I am terrible at memorizing things. Hence, ad-libbing. Michael Weatherly memorizing ads terrible The big turn in the late 90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time. I was fairly sure I was going to be an actor for the rest of my life, which I think calmed me down. Michael Weatherly actors long thinking When I was about 19, my stepmother said - because this was back in the 80s - that I had Robert Wagners pompadour. I said, What are you talking about? You mean the guy from Hart to Hart? Michael Weatherly guy talking mean The only club I have ever belonged to is the James Bond fan club. Member since 1979. Michael Weatherly members clubs fans Soaps taught me the fundamentals of the game. You know, how to show up, hit your mark, how to be on time. That soap opera world is a microcosm of the entertainment culture. Michael Weatherly fundamentals games culture I started running around my 30th birthday. I wanted to lose weight; I didn't anticipate the serenity. Being in motion, suddenly my body was busy and so my head could work out some issues I had swept under a carpet of wine and cheese. Good therapy, that's a good run. Michael Weatherly women running birthday I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do more than I think. I think. Michael Weatherly challenges mean thinking I've been really lucky to work with some really great film people in the past, but television works on a much quicker schedule, and it's the TV directors I've worked with that I looked to and became a big fan of. Michael Weatherly directors people past I always felt different as a kid, and the Kinks were like, 'Yeah, we're the Kinks.' Celebrate your difference; don't be afraid of your sense of humor, or your personality, or who you are. It emboldened me. Michael Weatherly differences personality kids We are very excited about welcoming a new member of the family, a daughter! Michael Weatherly welcome daughter mother I am blood type O-positive, which I remember by staying 'optimistic positive.' Michael Weatherly optimistic remember blood We're expanding the brand. Bojana and I are indeed awaiting our second child. We're very excited. Michael Weatherly expanding excited children I have a secret stash of Nutella that I pull out when necessary. That chocolate-hazelnut combo is my wife's kryptonite. Michael Weatherly kryptonite wife chocolate You would be amazed at the pompadour that I was rocking in the first job I had on the soap opera called 'Loving,' my first contract job. Michael Weatherly opera would-be jobs But that was my very first time on a set and they said, you know, you have to stand on a mark. That little piece of tape that you stand on is called a mark. I kept correcting them and telling them that my name was Michael and not Mark. They said, 'No, no honey.' I was a little green. Michael Weatherly tape pieces names Those three years on Loving were instrumental in helping me move through the next few years of work, where it was hit or miss. I was on series that would get canceled, then I would be a movie that wouldnt come out or do as well as I hoped. You learn that you have to just keep plugging away and never take anything for granted. Michael Weatherly missing years moving