My background is in musical comedy. I didn't know I was going to be an actor. But all my points of reference have to do with musical comedy and in being kind of a showoff.

I think if you do something effectively whether you're the lover or the comic or the action guy or the villain like I play; movies are very expensive to make. Chances are you'll get asked to play that part again.

Also, I think there are huge reactions sometimes, which are also mysterious.

I suppose in order to succeed at something you have to be very persistent. I've never done that.

I play disturbed people a lot, but always with a bit of distance or tongue-in-cheek. Most of the villains I play are essentially harmless.

As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience.

I've been married for 46 years, and I live in a nice house, my grass is always cut, I pay my bills, and my cat loves me!