Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn't for fame. The ambition was to do an interesting job.

You get a sense of reference there. You feel part of something that's got order and balance and harmony to it. All the distraction and noise, all the confusion of misplaced, misdirected energy just don't happen there.

What I found was an emotional consistency with him. The words, the scenes, the situations - I wasn't mimicking what I thought Branch Rickey's emotional reality would have been.

It's always nice to anticipate working in something that you know people will have an appetite for.

To me, success is choice and opportunity.

The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.

You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.