Having dealt with a lot of real firefighters, I know there are a lot of guys who, for lack of a better term, become addicted to the grief because it has kept them connected to these guys that they felt responsible for having lost.

You can't teach somebody how to be funny. You're either funny, or you ain't.

I studied acting in school and then of course couldn't get an acting job.

You just can't win. Men have very recent land mines in their heads. Women have recorded conversations and photographs in their heads from 15 years ago.

I wasn't the best student. I wasn't stupid, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention.

Life Sucks,get a helmet

There's a method aspect to Campbell Scott character and he really wants to get into his character and he wants to cast to go on a fast so that by the time the play opens nobody's eaten in three days because he wants the audience to feel the pain from the stage.