The turmoil that my dad went through, and then by extension, the kids went though, was profound and disastrous for the marriage, for the family.

I'm a big fan of 'Mad Men.'

Mixing humor and politics is something that works.

Actors are inherently self-centered. We're trained to focus on who I am. What do I want? Who is in my way? How do I get this? That's how we're trained. Unfortunately, that sometimes spills over into real life. But it's all very subjective. You just try to portray someone beyond the surface, the different layers.

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

With craziness, you can't predict it. There's very little defense you can have on craziness.

The hardest work that actors have done, including myself, is on poorly written scripts. And when you first start out you do anything. I did a lot of crap. I did more crap than I can tell you. But you did it because you needed the money. You have to pay for your pictures and resumes, and classes and insurance and food like everybody else. In those days if it was crap you just didn't put it on your resume.