I Belonged To Stratford Children's Theater When

My First Acting Class Was Taught By A Little Known Playwright, David Mamet, Who Then Cast Me In My First Play, Opposite John Malkovich.

Actually I Was Born In 1940 In Blackpool Because My Family Lived In Manchester But Manchester Was Being Bombed. So My Mother Was Sent Away To Blackpool To Have Me And Then Went Back; So I Lived My First Eighteen Years In Manchester And Then Emigrated To The States When I Was Eighteen.

People Say There's No Trace Of An Accent Anymore, And There Isn't Because I Worked Very Hard To Lose It. And The Reason I Did That Is A British Accent In America Is A Real Status Symbol.

I'm A Dog Person, I've Had Dogs All My Life. But You See, It's Not Really A Dog. It's More Like A Little Robot. It's An Actor. It Displays No Emotion Whatsoever. I Swear That Dog Doesn't Know Any Of Us Even Though We've Done Five Seasons Of Frasier.

'frasier' Was A Classy Gig. I Didn't For One Minute Think It Was Less Prestigious Or Artistic Than Doing A Play.