I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'

When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. Actually, when I did theater, I used to have a partner, and that was the way we used to write a lot of our sketches, through improvisation. So it's something I feel comfortable with.

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.

Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.

I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.