I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

Most scripts are written to be green lit. They're not written to be acted. And a lot of writers with the greatest intention in the world don't write for actors. They don't understand the architecture of what an actor needs to get from point A to point B.

For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.

People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.

There's a real passing down in the theater, almost ad nauseam. You have to listen to older people talk about their experience, but it makes you very aware of what has come before you or what is coming after you - that you're a part of a link in a chain. It's not all about you.

Doing the right thing has power.

Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.