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.

But I've also spread my net very wide. If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.

Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.

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.

History's a resource.

When you tell people, your world changes, your identity changes and people treat you differently. And then, not only do you have to deal with your own emotional response to what's going on, but you take on everybody else's emotional response.

I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.