I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.
I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.
I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.
If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.
It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.
I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.
Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.
Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.
When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.
I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.
The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
The bar raises as you go.
