Working At A Job That You Hate.

Each Character Represents A Different Color On The Big Palette Of What This Ultimate Painting Is Going To Look Like, Who Your Guy Is, And Just Try To Be As Honest And Simple And Real As You Can Possibly Be. The Outer Trappings Are Incidental - Costumes, Period, Makeup - All Of That Is Rather Insignificant At The End Of The Day.

I Like To Believe That Everyone Is Born With The Same Skill Set, And That It Is The Influences That One Comes Upon.

The Approach To Acting Is Always The Same, You Try To Figure Who The Guy Is And Then You Try To Transition Your Way Into His Way Of Thinking And Moving Through The World. The Rest Of It Is Just Accoutrements, You Don't Play The Makeup, You Play The Guy. If You're Not Wearing Makeup, You Just Play The Guy.

I've Certainly Been Very Blessed With Opportunity.

I Had An Opportunity To Be In Frank's [sinatra] Circle, But I Couldn't Take Advantage Of It Because I Couldn't Get Over How Awed I Was By Him. It Was So Uncomfortable For Me Because He Meant So Much To Me, But I Just Couldn't Be Myself, So I Fled Rather Than Having Those Great Nights Hanging Out.