Occupation: Actor Birth: November 17, 1951
In order for comedy to be funny you have to play the truth of the moment. But if you're not being completely truthful to the basis of the character, ….
I've been able to do a lot of interesting things..
My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was ….
I'm more interested in knowing my cues than my lines. If you know what your cues are, then you know what your reaction is going to be to them. Acting….
It's fun to do voiceover work, although you still have to act. But it doesn't involve memorizing lines, and you don't have to dress up..
The ratio of people to cake is too big..
You have to remind casting directors out here that you don't just do one thing. There's a lot of people who do just one thing..
In TV, when you're doing guest roles, you're gliding into a zone where people are already very comfortable. They go in and go to work every day. You'….
It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go ….
Researching real people and doing them, I think, is harder than anything else. You don't want to do a caricature of them and you don't want to do an ….
I'm thrilled to get hired every once in a while..
Movies are an editor's medium..
I was a big comic book fan from 13 on..
My whole career, I've tried to bounce back and forth between everything, and not get typed out. I've done a pretty good job of not getting typed..
The more you work, the more people see your work and would like to work with you, and vice versa..
I'm from New York, so I'm a big Howard Stern fan..
When I worked with Robin Williams, now there is improv! He is just as funny as you think he is. We did at least five or six takes of every scene, imp….
It's good for you to go somewhere that you wouldn't normally go..
I'm lucky I get to work a lot..
I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that..
Well, I think probably when I first got in the business, I wasn't thinking of being strictly a character actor. But I knew I wanted to be a working a….