Occupation: Actor Birth: July 26, 1959
I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks..
My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across..
You are not just, "This is the way I play it every night." You are constantly finding new ways in, new attacks, "I want to try it this way. Maybe thi….
The most important definition of an actor, the job of the actor, is to serve the writer, not yourself. Way too many actors serve themselves..
Its interesting to play a politician who gets stuff done..
I've been intrigued by politics my whole life. And, yes, I am very close to the Clintons. I was a Hillary person until I was an Obama person. And she….
I've done big studio films and the big studio films I've done, I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones where I could live with myself in t….
I actually have a number of lovely watches from the International Watch Company..
I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego..
After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley..
I'm lucky if I find one movie a year that's worth doing, and when I do find one, it usually only takes 20-30 days to shoot..
No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story..
It's the way I feel about acting. That we are given clues by a writer about someone's essence or persona and it's our job to try to figure out which ….
There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the n….
I think that there is no doubt that every experience you have in your life, whether it's playing a character or something else, you bring that to the….
For kids growing up now, there's no difference watching 'Avatar' on an iPad or watching YouTube on TV or watching 'Game of Thrones' on their computer….
Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not..
Kids arent growing up with a sense of television as the aspirational place for their ideas..
Let's let people live their lives and do it the way they want to do it..
Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've go….
Fundamentally, I like to accomplish things..