Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.

I don't watch rushes. My whole thing is to try to stay in the moment with the other actor, and to let it all hang. I'm not sure I'm right on that, though.

The ratings system is so bogus and people know it. Fewer and fewer people care. The ratings board has sort of exposed itself. But my problem is, as a parent, there's this area of film that my daughters want to see. They're not my kind of films, I don't want to go see them, but I really want to know whether my daughters can see them or not. The morality of what the ratings board is doing now escapes me. I don't get it.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.

It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence.

I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.