It's hard on an actor when you have to do a scene 45 times and you know damn well that three of the angles a director is shooting will never make it into the movie.

Nothing else counts except what you want.

Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.

I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's a person, or two people, who have an absolutely monomaniacal passion to get these films made. That's what makes them happen. Sometimes, it takes years and years to finally get it done, but by never backing down, by never giving up, they get these films to the screen by hook or by crook.

The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.

I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.

I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.