I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description.

There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing.

You know, its really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.

As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's vision, and he or she's got their hands on you all the way up to opening night, and if it's a film, there are even more people.

The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role.

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star. I have just said, 'Hire me if you want somebody good.' I tried to be as good as I could be every time out, and that's kind of bridged the decades.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.