When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything.

I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case.

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.

I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?

I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school.

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