If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.

There are so many great directors that I haven't worked with and that I would love to work with.

I do yoga. I've been doing yoga for over 20 years and I love it.

I come from a theater family and a theater background, and I come from a philosophy that you respect the space you occupy when you work and you put everything that you have into something.

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

When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy."

I'm just a stage actor from Chicago.