A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.

Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.

I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

You don't really have time to do other than what's written. It's very rigid. Shows have a certain rhythm that nobody wants disturbed. So a lot of that doesn't take place on television, at least the television I was doing at the time when I first started.

A show that's been successful that been on a while, chances are it's going to stay that way. At least it's going to maintain some kind of standard. But when a show begins, there's no telling. Even after 13 shows or a whole year, you don't know what will become of it.

Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

If you're onstage and you're improvising and nothing's happening, people are racing for the door. But the director can go shopping later and pick up pieces and moments and insert them.