To be in a movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and a movie that had a large budget... I got a taste of what really good filmmaking could be.

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

Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors.

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.

I like the fact that this kind of family has been seen in a movie a million times: teenage kids, the family is a bit strained and they don't have enough money, but in the background the guy used to be a Gene Simmons type.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

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