Comedy really is my bread and butter, even when I'm doing a serious character, with the exception of Outcast. I have found very little humor in this character. Most of the time, what I do, somewhere there is comedy in it.

I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone's and my first film.

I don't think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn't.

[The Aviator] came about through John Logan, who I've been friends with for many years.

Rick Berman, who produced Star Trek, was a big Night Court fan. So he knew who I was as soon as I walked in.

I tended to do a lot of shows that were ahead of their time and didn't run very long.

I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie [Independence Day]. And, actually, it was Jeff Goldblum who looked at me one day and said, "You know, I think this is going to be really something." And I said, "Well, I hope you're right." And sure enough, it turned out to be.