I had a sympathetic role in 'thirtysomething,' and in two weeks I'm going to do the role again. But in the movies, I just love the heavies. It's much more fun. Villains are a ball. People have been laughing at me for 50 years, so I love to sit in the back of the theater and listen to them hate me.

There's nobody to believe in anymore, nobody to trust.

Everything my mother made had to cook for 80 hours, and when she made matzoh balls she didn't know fluffy. Everything sank.

I always plan dinner first thing in the morning. That's the only way I can get through the day, having a specific meal to look forward to at night.

My mother's sister was killed in a trolley car accident, so I was raised as one of eight with my sister and six male cousins.

You know you are getting old when people tell you how good you look.

My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'