I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers.

The work evolves when you get another part, and then you're getting called on to solve difficult characters, to inject a note of humanity into them. It's more interesting for me to do that than to stand around and be sunny.

I'm a New Yorker, and I rarely get to work at home.

When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their jobs.

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.

I'm not really high-strung now, but I was a very high-strung child.