I wanted to do Buddy Faro as a small budget movie. They said no. So I wanted to do it as a series of recurring TV movies, and they said no. So I agreed to do it as a series.

As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.

I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled.

I don't know if I have a technique. I'm just trying to remember the words.

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.

In a sense, all actors are character actors, because we're all playing different characters. But a lot of the time - and I don't know, because I'm not a writer - but writers a lot of times write second- and third-tier characters better than they write primary characters. I guess they're more fun.

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.