I rarely do autograph shows. Maybe two or three a year. Just to keep my price up. Also I've got too much other stuff to do. I have to teach Renaissan….

A lot of things I don't do well; I don't do warm and fuzzy well..

When I go to the movies, I like romance, comedy, and thrillers. I hate gore..

There is a good news and bad news about a remake. When you remake something, if you futz with the theme, you are in danger. Because people get it - t….

Art has absolutely changed my life..

Television is an isolating experience, sadly enough. I'm sorry to say it. But as good as it ever gets, it's still isolating. You sit in your home and….

I steer away from episodic TV; it burns you out..

Miles Davis, my one and only real hero of my life. I met him [because] every time I had a movie interview, I would shift the conversation to jazz. Mi….

I went to North Texas State, one of the great jazz schools. When I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I switched my major to English and thea….

I'm just gonna be real grateful to be on any freaking movie set for the rest of my life..

The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace..

If you've got kids you know you've only got one prayer: "Let my kids outlive me." That's the bottom of everything..

The best reason to go to the movies is to be with other people. Eating the popcorn, being with other people you don't know..

I play in a jazz sextet. So I don't have time to do a lot of conventions. The good thing is, when I do them, it does puts me back in touch with the p….

It's not good to meet you heroes. The humanity in them or the a**hole in them will bring it down. And you don't want to do that..

Here we are signing autographs for people who essentially know know how to write their name and are functionally literate. But if you cease to teach ….

I don't care for horror and fantasy films. I never go to see them in the theater. I know I've played in many of them, but I didn't do them because of….

I'm finishing my Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance history..

My career was always full of risks one way or another, and that's the way I like it..