I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.
I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.
Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.
The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.
We're paid to care. That's what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for the audience to be throwing their shoes at the television set. That's what we're trying for.
If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.