I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.

I'm not glamorous, I don't have a look, I don't know anything about opera, I have no Italian, and I'm too old.

Everyone's life is a train wreck. Your life happens to be a high-class train wreck.

I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.

I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception.

The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it.

Both my parents were actors. I was schooled to think that acting was an important social service, that it was something that human beings need.