If you read a script enough, especially a good script - I try to read it 40 to 50 times before you begin so you get a sense of the arc: what happens before, what happens after, what happens during.

It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.

My first love is acting on stage. A sitcom is a hybrid of stage and film.

You know who was wonderful to work with? Was Paul Gleason, may he rest in peace.

I still think Brooke Shields is aces. She's really smart, interesting, doesn't feel that her time is more valuable than anyone else's. Really hardworking. And I knew that if she was the star of the show, it's going to be a good experience. And it was.

[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that.

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time.