Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.

Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.

Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.

The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me.

This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in because somebody thinks that it's a good fit, so you make it a better fit.

We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character.

I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.