The thing about death is that it's honest. I go to things that have a core of honesty about them and there's nothing more honest than death.

The (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) stories were great, for one. The thing that makes him a remarkable character is how he can withstand all of these different interpretations and different styles and, that's what makes a classic character a classic character; they keep coming back and you see them in a new way every time.

I crave a cone of silence every once in while.

Ask "why" until there is no more "why."

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

My family is from the South, and I can remember all those ladies I grew up with, like my great-aunts, who had handkerchiefs. There's something sweet about them.

The thing about death is that it's honest. I go to things that have a core of honesty about them and there's nothing more honest than death.