I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person.

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do.

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains

I'm a 9/11 Republican.