I Was Spoiled By Theater, Where There

David Fincher Is A Longtime Friend. As A Director, My Wife Had Worked With Him As A Makeup Artist When He Would Do Madonna Videos Years Before, And His Child And My Oldest Child Were In Preschool Together, So We're Kind Of Dad-friends Through That, Too.

I Had This Thing About Hanging Out In Dark Theaters. My Family Thought I Grew Out Of A Rock.

People Relate To Things That Feel Real To Them. All The Good, Happy, Over-sexed And Moneyed Endings On Tv Are Not The Way Most Of Us Feel In Our Lives. The Success Of 'e.r.,' I Think, Is Not Relying On Overly Sentimental Stories That Are Solved Where People's Lives Wrap Up Nicely With Happy Endings.

Be What You Are. Don't Change Yourself For Anything. God Made You That Way For A Reason.

So I Was Hugely Thrilled That My First Scene Ever On Camera Was With Hal Holbrook.