I Always Had A Fantasy Of Being

Someone Told Me That There's A Connection To Superman, That In An Early Edition Of The Green Lantern Comics, Tomar Re Was The Envoy To Krypton. That Was Fascinating To Me.

I Was Never A Leading Man. I've Always Been In The Outer Concentric Circles In The Company, Being A Character Actor, Which Is A Good Place To Be. It Gives You That Diversity.

I Like Roles That Are On The Extreme Ends Of The Spectrum, And There's Special Appeal In Exploring These Slightly Forgotten Plays That People Might Think Of As Subjects For Academic Term Papers Instead Of Live Theater.

This Is What Happens When You Are On The Wrong Side Of 40. Young Adults, Who Could Be Your Children, Are Now Working With You. I Was Playing Their Parents Or Mentor. I Started To Think: Oh, I Am Not Part Of That Group Any More.

Within Our Culture, Every School Has A Swimming Pool. We Lived On The Coast. People Swam In The Surf. It's A Very Sporty Nation And At That Particular Time Anyone Who Had An Artistic Bent Was Very Much An Outsider. So If You Liked Reading Or Ideas Or Playing The Piano Then Your Dad Viewed You As A Sissy, Basically.