Everybody has to be a little lucky, I think.

I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you.

I became an actor kind of by accident. I was in musical theater and I got a job as an actor in a play and kept going. But I never set out to be an actor; it happened over time.

I used to love Danish. My father used to make a Boston cream pie. You never see that anymore.

The minute I start to talk about acting, I realize that I can't. You know, it's an abstract thing, a little bit mysterious even if you do it for a living.

Obviously an actor draws on his own experience.

People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.