You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little grace or gallantry in commerce or politics and not much in art.

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

Frankly, my politics are pretty left of left

I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it.

You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.

I'm thrilled with my body of work.

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.