I Didn't Drop Into The Mannerisms Of

I Loved Playing Walternate Because He Was Completely The Same Character, Version 1985, And Then It Developed In Such A Different Way, Physically And Mentally. So, To Be Able To Play That, In The Same Television Series, As Playing The Other Ones Was A Fantastic Gift For Me.

I Didn't Drop Into The Mannerisms Of Another Version Of The Character, But I Guess I Was Pretty Alert To That.

What I've Observed Is That Television In The Last Decade Has Increased To Something That's Almost Unrecognizable. They Are Feature Films. That's A Huge Shift, And It's Something The Audience Expects. They Still May Want To Watch Their Half-hour Sitcom, But When They Watch Scripted Drama, They Expect The Standard.

It Was Wonderful To Be Able To Play A Character Who Had So Many Colors And Who Was Able To Play Comedy, To Play Incredibly Vulnerable, Which He Did A Lot Of The Time, To Play The Love Story, And To Play The Relationship With The Son, Which Is Quite Unusual. That's A Gift To Me, As An Actor.

I Was A Theater Man, So I Was Never In The Situation Of Being A Handsome Hollywood Leading Man, And Then Having To Age.