The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.

I was always around people who were in the business from the time I was an absolute baby. I grew up in New York City, and my parents, my sister, and I had a house on Fire Island, and they were part of a set of people that were all close and friendly, most of whom were involved in show business in one regard or another. So it was always familiar to me, and I kind of enjoyed it.

I always did plays in school because I thought it was fun, but it just never occurred to me as a thing to do.

In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people.

Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me.

Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.

I have a secret aspiration to be considered for a part where it doesn't matter what you look like to play it.