When you try to worry about missteps and all that kind of stuff, that's not the healthiest way to be.

HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.

I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.

I grew up watching PBS and wanting to be a part of it, just like HBO.

You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?"

It sounds clichéd, but I think the greatest lesson is to not take things personally.

I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.