Cinema To Me Is Like A Religion.

I've Been A Professional Actor For Almost 40 Years.

Guys Who Are Larger Than Life And Theatrical And Deliciously Unpredictable - They're Far More Interesting Than The Good Guys Most Of The Time. They Have These Psychological Layers That An Audience Can Really Cling On To, Become Fascinated With, Much More So Than These True-blue, One-dimensional, Square-jawed Good Guys.

A Lot Of People Have Been Bent One Way Or The Other On That. I'm Not Going To Weigh In On That; I'm Happy To Still Be At Large, I'll Just Put It That Way.

Each Character Represents A Different Color On The Big Palette Of What This Ultimate Painting Is Going To Look Like, Who Your Guy Is, And Just Try To Be As Honest And Simple And Real As You Can Possibly Be. The Outer Trappings Are Incidental - Costumes, Period, Makeup - All Of That Is Rather Insignificant At The End Of The Day.

Look At The People Who Are Coming To Television Ridley Scott, Ang Lee Or Guillermo Del Toro - All These Great Filmmakers - Actively Put Themselves Back Into Tv. That's Because The Environment Is Very Encouraging For Bold Storytelling, Storytelling That You've Never Seen Before.