If it were not for people who stepped forward and gave me opportunities at a time when I had not proved myself at all, believe me, I would not have a career.

Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?

I suppose the most important thing is to stay interested. It's very easy in life if you get to a place where you're successful to hit the same groove on the record player over and over again because it's safe.

Sometimes its the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.

I remember meeting the likes of Johnny Carson and Jimmy Stewart for the first time and being completely starstruck.

What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about theatre. Why do we love it that there are nine Hamletsor six King Lears over two years? We love to watch a different actor attack the same material.

I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.