"Don't give him a prop. Don't leave a prop within his reach. Because you're always gonna get some sort of baffoonery with it. I was just like, 'Oh my God, what's he doing now?' While he's doing that, we're missing important exposition. But, more often than not, it turns out to be a lot of fun, but uh, sometimes you go, 'Oh my God, take that cup away from him.' And the more you try to take it away from him, the more he wants to pick it up and play with it."

-Michael Shanks, on directing Ricard Dean Anderson
(Commentary, Stargate SG-1 | "Double Jeopardy")