My criteria for doing theater has always been slightly different than my criteria with movies, in that there are a lot of reasons to do films, having to do with location, money, and first and foremost having to do with script and role and director.

When you want to learn about something, what is the first thing you do... you go to the internet.

I don't think there is a role that I did twenty years ago that I couldn't do better now.

I've played the clarinet since I was a kid. I love to sing, but I'm not much of a singer. Let's say that when it comes to vocalizing, I have the soul of Billy Bigelow but the voice of Jigger Cragan.

I've become more empathetic, and my capacity to understand and be patient - to give people a break - has enlarged over the years.

I get a lot of people coming up to me and saying, "I really hate you." And they say it in the nicest possible way and I accept it. It's the people who come up to you and say, "I really liked your character. Man, he was right!" Those are the ones you worry about.

I loved Laurel and Hardy and TV shows like 'Robin Hood' and 'Rama of the Jungle'.