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 not moving forward, you're falling back.

I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.

The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.

I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.

If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like.