No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.

During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet, James Lapine, unbelievably gifted people. So there I was saying, 'Don't talk to me, I don't want your opinion.' I behaved abominably.

I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.

I feel the most alive when I'm singing. I also get to be the mail man for some of the most beautiful lyrics ever written.

I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.