Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10 movie stars in it.

You have to really know what you're saying.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a black hole for actors. Now, television has a certain cache. Now everybody wants to be on TV because they're doing adult dramas. If you're an actor, it's like, "Well, get me on television," because it's the only place you can do it and also make a living at it. If my kids need shoes, I better do a TV show because I damn sure don't make any money with independent films.

Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.

Independent films now, they want to give you $2 million to make it, 21 days to shoot it and they want 10 movie stars in it.

When you weigh 135 pounds and you're telling people who are 6'4" and 250 pounds to get out of your way, how do you do that? Well, a lot of that is in the eyes.