From the time that I was in high school, my life really revolved around live theater, so it almost feels genetic.

‘Mariah’ was the first series-regular role for me, and that really came about because of ‘Secret Honor.’ That really was a direct result of that. Because now I had an agent and was submitted for...

Pinchas Perry, the director of ‘The Chicago 8,’ offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35 years earlier, I’d played a judge in the theater production. So life has...

Some directors don’t say much. Michael Mann, for example. I remember on ‘The Insider’ he never had much to say. He would do a scene, just kind of nod, and then set it up to...

‘Good Times’ was with a live audience, three camera, and that was really intimidating. Because there were people on both sides, moving from set to set, and it was pretty scary. As I say, I...

Plays are a pretty big commitment. It takes a minimum of three months out of your life, really. And if you have family or kids, then at least during the rehearsal period for five or...