Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It's very contemporary.

Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can't come.

My life has been transformed by great teachers all the way.

Sometimes I think that people's characters get forged, at least in part, from their names.

My friend Ed Begley goes fishing. It's a little smelly to me, I don't like it so much. I like to eat fish, but I don't like to catch them.

I like little collaborations where the other thing happens, where it's half-baked or it's improvised, and let's develop it together. "What do you want to wear? Do you have an idea?" All that's fun to do, and I like that, but it doesn't take anything away.

I had a brother who died early on - he was 23 when I was 19. And, boy, I certainly didn't expect that. That was utterly shocking.