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I Never Really Wanted To Be An Actor. And That Was The Beginning Of It, I Began To Write Things Down And Eventually Became A Writer On A Television Show.

When I Began To Think About The Head Of The Family, The Storyteller, The Rise Of Television Which Became The New Storyteller, The Break-up Of The American Family As An Idea And Then Avalon Came.

We're Never Going To Be The Ultimate-insider Look. You Can Do 50 Insider Looks At This Hollywood Business, And The Satire Didn't Intrigue Me. I Think Others Can Do That.

I'm Emotionally Invested In Every Movie That I Do, Period, Because You've Got To Make That Commitment. You're Spending A Year, 18 Months Of Your Life Doing It. I'm Invested In All Those Kinds Of Pieces. Most Of The Films I've Had In My Career Have Never Tested Well. I Got Lucky That Sometimes I Got Supported By Studios - Or, At Least If Not Supported, Tolerated.

When I Was Growing Up In Baltimore, The Colts Were Not Just A Team That Played In The City. It Was Part Of The City. Football Players Didn't Make Close To The Money They Make Today And Most Took Jobs In The Off-season. Some Were Mechanics, Others Worked At Furniture Stores, And You Could Find Them Drinking At A Neighborhood Watering Hole.