That is the responsibility of the artist, of the actor, to inhabit these roles and put on somebody else's shoes. It's the responsibility and the gift of what it is I get the opportunity to do.

Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

If you can help guide somebody through a challenging moment because you've been there, that ends up becoming a great gift.

Hopefully, that people could see a progression in my performances because that's how it's always felt to me.

Jail was a result of me not taking time for myself. So I was forced to take some time for myself.

I enjoy the process of TV; I like the pace of it; I like the continual work.

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.