Unlike a lot of actors, my father encouraged all his kids to go into show business.

What I learned most from my father wasn't anything he said; it was just the way he behaved. He loved his work so much that, whenever he came on set, he brought that with him, and other people rose to it.

Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.

I've done quite a few movies, I generally can feel that I'm not right for the role or a general fear if I can pull it off, and him giving that "tag" so to speak gave me the confidence. Like that Miles Davis line, "Don't worry about mistakes, there aren't any." Once you are the part, you're the guy, so you can't not be the guy because you're it.

I used to be somebody. Now I’m somebody else.

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.