I used to be more insecure about working, and I guess the older I get, the more rich my life becomes, I don't need to work as much as I used to. I mean, New York is a hard town to be in when you have nothing else to do besides show business. It's brutal, especially as an actor, because you sit around with this low - grade fever of anxiety, waiting for the phone to ring. Or waiting for something.

I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.

Characters can become boring. That's what's tricky about television. It goes on and on - you're playing this same character for five seasons and it gets easy to fall into just walking on the set and assuming you know how to play a scene.

Viewers can hate a character and at the same time can't take their eyes off of him.

When I first started, I was kind of surprised that anyone would ever hire me at all. So I took everything that I was offered.

I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.

The good thing about directing yourself is that you get over yourself.