Storytelling Is Important. Part Of Human Continuity.

So What If My Face Is Falling Apart? I Don't Give A Damn. Anyway, It Gives Me Character. Everyone Thinks That They Can Stay Pretty Forever But Some Come Out Of Beverly Hills Surgeries Looking Scary To Me.

I Think You Just Keep Going. I've Been That Way, My Whole Life.

I Started As An Actor In The Theater Playing A Lot Of Character Parts, And Suddenly, I Found Myself In This Place Where It Felt Like I Was Getting Locked Into A Kind Of A Stereotype, And It Did Bother Me.

I Was Raised In California During The Second World War And Into The '50s And Everything Was Fine, Everything Was Great. The Sun Always Shone, Everybody Looked Healthy And Wore Ties And Smoked In Restaurants, And There Were Cars For Everybody - Except Us, Because I Came From A Lower Class Neighbourhood. But [in France] I Realised There Was A Different Point Of View, So When I Came Back To America A Year And A Half Later I Was Much More Focused On My Own Country Culturally And Politically.

When I Grew Up, Shame Was Used As A Tool For Check And Balance. If You Stood A Chance Of Hearing Someone Say, "shame On You," Or "you Should Be Ashamed Of Yourself," You Thought Twice. It Doesn't Seem To Be A Factor Today.