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

I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood.

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.

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.

What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.

I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series.

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