We Must Agree To Live In This

Most Of The Time When I Receive A Script, It Says Something Like 'rosenberg Is The Fat, Slovenly Mayor, Who Doesn't Want The Kids To Use The Skateboard Park,' Or 'stein Is A Pompous, Rotund Attorney, Imposing To All.' It Would Be So Freeing To Get A Script Where My Character Is Simply Described As 'a Man.'

I Have A Secret Aspiration To Be Considered For A Part Where It Doesn't Matter What You Look Like To Play It.

I'm One Of Relatively Few Stage-trained Actors Who Doesn't Much Like Acting On Stage. It Feels Kind Of Like Riding The Cyclone At Coney Island, Which I Did When I Was Eight. When It Was All Over, I Was Glad I Had Done It, But Most Of The Time When It Was Actually Happening, I Was Just Kind Of Hanging On For Dear Life.

There Are Some Directors Who Don't Like The Set Much. They Like Post-production, Where You Have All The Ingredients In The Can - You've Got All The Footage, All The Music, The Various Effects - And Then You Have To Do The Alchemy Necessary To Make It All Good, A Long And Very Key Process Of Putting Everything Together And Making It Into The Cogent Thing That You Want.

I Was Always Around People Who Were In The Business From The Time I Was An Absolute Baby. I Grew Up In New York City, And My Parents, My Sister, And I Had A House On Fire Island, And They Were Part Of A Set Of People That Were All Close And Friendly, Most Of Whom Were Involved In Show Business In One Regard Or Another. So It Was Always Familiar To Me, And I Kind Of Enjoyed It.