I live out in the desert, in farm country. I'm around a lot of farmers, guys with packing houses, that sort of thing. Half the time, these guys are in their pajamas or in their slippers. It's their place.

Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.

I don't play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains.

Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.

The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.

There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes.