Acting Was A Way Out At First.

The Only Thing That I Have Done That Is Not Mitigated By Luck, Diminished By Good Fortune, Is That I Persisted, And Other People Gave Up.

What I Look For Is Identifying What The Utility Of A Character Is To The Telling Of The Story Overall. If I Can Identify That From Reading The Script, Then I've Got A Clear Idea Of Whether Or Not I Think The Character Is Worth Playing.

Parenting Is An Impossible Job At Any Age.

I Have Children. I Have Other Concerns. I Have Other Focuses. I Really Feel Very Sympathetic And I Would Love To Be Able To Help But I Don't See This As The Opportunity, Having Done 'extraordinary Measures', For Me To Suddenly Leap On A Soap Box And Begin To Talk About The Pharmaceutical Industry Or The Desperate Plight Of Sick Children. I Do What I Can In My World But I Don't Have The Bona Fides To Do That Right Now.

I Don't Mind Playing Older Characters. I Find It Interesting. There Are Parts I Couldn't Have Got When I Was 30 Years Old. So, It Continues To Interest Me In The Same Way That It Always Did.