My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom.

People are either enamored with me or wonder if they can take me.

I basically was a precocious little kid.

People who get involved with the success of something have to be given at least some share of that success.

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I’ve been doing it ever since.

When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas...

I had my first play produced when I was 14; it was my way of competing in the neighborhood I grew up in, a sort of tough neighborhood.

I mean, I’ve been in a hundred and fifty films; I don’t want to just sit around and talk about things.

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

I want to make smart television.

I’m a director’s actor; I’m a storyteller’s actor.

I’m not a big fan of television; I’ve had a hard time over the years because I think the quality of the writing sort of starts to deteriorate.

If anything, I want to bring television back up to where it will entertain and engage a gamer.