I enjoy doing comedy for the fact that you go to work and you laugh. That’s a good combination.
It’s in our nature to be intrigued. We’re putting the bread crumb not in your mouth but close to your mouth. You reach a little bit, and that’s why it works.
That’s the reason you want to become a star as an actor, to be able to have more control of your destiny.
If you like vanilla, you’re not going to like ‘Breaking Bad’ – you need to like a specific flavor that is unusual, that is different, that takes risks.
I admit, I do a lot of projects, but it’s because I’m in a position now where I’m reading a lot more scripts and plays and things, and I’m really listening to offers and trying to think what I want to do at any given time.
Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It’s really worth it.
What’s interesting is a man with no facial hair is less intimidating than a man with facial hair, and a man who is bald is more intimidating than a man with hair.
There’s boldness in being assertive; there’s strength and confidence.
When I was a kid there were a very select few channels – programmes had to have more of a large appeal and they just didn’t offer very much. Now you have a situation where the television world has expanded and there’s hundreds of channels.
The TV business is like the produce section of the market. Today everything is fresh and glistening and firm. And tomorrow, when they find a bruise on you, they toss you out.
Actors basically are the type of person that with three seconds left, we want the ball. Give us the shot to make it or miss it. We’ll take the lumps if we miss it, but we want the chance to get the glory.
When you’re an actor in grade school, high school, college, whatever, you start to realize what you’re really good at, what you’re kinda good at, what you’re okay at, and you start to compartmentalize. But if you know yourself and what you’re capable of, it’s just a matter of opportunity.
Part of an actor’s job is to draw up a back story.
My goal has always been to be a working actor.
I have a bad habit of inserting my ideas into shots and things. I don’t know, I don’t hold back on suggesting things, but I don’t have any connection to what actually happens, so I’ll make a suggestion on something and then just let it go.
Being a day player, period, is one of the hardest things you can do as an actor.
I intend to do more directing TV.
I look like everyone.
Any performer would love to have the opportunity to be able to express themselves in many different areas. If you feel confident in those areas, you would hope to have the opportunity to do them, whether it’s drama, comedy, musical, or whatever your interests are.
I’ve done more crap than I care to remember. I really have. ‘Airwolf.’ ‘Murder, She Wrote.’ ‘Amazon Women on the Moon.’ But you learn from all these bad shows. What you don’t want to do and what you don’t want to be involved with.