The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore.

The approach to acting is always the same, you try to figure who the guy is and then you try to transition your way into his way of thinking and moving through the world. The rest of it is just accoutrements, you don't play the makeup, you play the guy. If you're not wearing makeup, you just play the guy.

The luxury of television is that you get more than one shot at who you think the guy is that you're playing.

I'm real comfortable around people, and it took a long time for me to evolve to that point.

I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction.

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie.