Shakespeare Is Like Mother's Milk To Me.

I Certainly Had My Years As An Out Of Work Actor But I Was Married With A Baby. My Wife Was Supporting Us.

The Problem Is That People Are Pulling Farther Apart, Rather Than Make An Effort To Get Back Together. There Have Been Remarkable Moments That United This Country. It Makes Everyone Feel Relieved. Then Because Of Economic Stress, Political Shifts, We Get Wrenched Apart Again. I Think It's Cyclical. I Am An Optimist By Nature. There Are Moments, The Period After 9/11, The Way We Responded. The Election Of Barack Obama. There Are Moments Where The Country Felt Good About Being American. I'm Waiting For That To Happen Again.

It's Very Interesting, I Had An Extremely Intense Experience With My Dad In 2002, When He Was An Old Man And Very Ill And I Was Taking Care Of Him And My Mother, And He Was Extremely Depressed, Virtually Lost The Will To Live, And I Realized My Main Job Was Cheering Him Up To Save His Life.

My Father Was A Man Of The Theater. I Grew Up In A Theater Family. As A Young Man, As A Boy, I Gypsied Around With My Siblings And My Parents To, Like, Eight Different Towns, Went To Eight Different Schools. All Those Things Were Extremely Formative, And I Think That's What Happens.

I'm As Flighty As Anybody. You Put A Lot Out There. I've Been Through The Process A Lot. When I Play A Major Role, It's My Instinct To Create A Nice Atmosphere. People In The Major Roles Dominate The Tone Of An Entire Film. To My Mind, It's Much Easier To Work Creatively When Everyone's Friendly.