There used to be a huge snobbism between the film industry and the television industry. I produced and acted in my first - well way back - but the first thing that I produced and acted in was Sarah, Plan and Tall. And the only place to go at the time for really quality television was Hallmark Hall of Fame. And think how much television has changed since then.

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness

Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.

I also have always felt that television has a huge potential for the kinds of audiences that some films would never dream or ever be able to have. So that potential is very exciting to me.

I love histories. I love learning. I love books that talk about people who made a real impact on history, because it always has to do with who they were at that time and what their personalities were like and what their strengths and weaknesses were.