I really prize and love great painting. It's so out of date now. It's slightly come back in.

Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater.

The problem is that people are pulling farther apart, rather than make an effort to get back together. There have been remarkable moments that united this country. It makes everyone feel relieved. Then because of economic stress, political shifts, we get wrenched apart again. I think it's cyclical. I am an optimist by nature. There are moments, the period after 9/11, the way we responded. The election of Barack Obama. There are moments where the country felt good about being American. I'm waiting for that to happen again.

It's my theory that if you hear enough applause and laughter at a young enough age, you're doomed

I certainly had my years as an out of work actor but I was married with a baby. My wife was supporting us.