The indie world changed when the economy went south. I was frustrated with doing something, then waiting for it to come out, and sometimes it never did, or would just play in New York for 50 people. So I really wanted to try something else.
I’m the guy to call. Look at the resume. I have kids of my own. I have dogs.
Everything’s a story, kid. Stories are what help us make sense of the world.
And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I’m one of those guys.
As an actor, you’re always at the service of somebody else’s vision. In a play, it’s more of the director’s vision, and he or she’s got their hands on you all the way up to opening night, and if it’s a film, there are even more people.
I think it’s a style of acting that you trust. You trust the instincts.
I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I’ve relied on that, versus image or star. I have just said, ‘Hire me if you want somebody good.’ I tried to be as good as I could be every time out, and that’s kind of bridged the decades.
The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can’t imagine anyone else in the role.
I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life.
I never said, ‘I’m going to be a big star.’ I said, ‘I’m going to be a good actor.’ And that took the pressure off.
Stars don’t want to have flaws. Stars like to be likable.
There’s not a single job in this town. There’s nothin’, nada, zip. Unless you wanna workforty hours a week.
I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I’ve relied on that, versus image or star.
There is no best anything in art.
I was haunted by trainers going “Up, up, up, get up.” You find yourself picking your head up and then realizing, They aren’t talking to me.
I love living in Michigan, which has been great for my kids and my family.
Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.
On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.
I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.
Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.
I went to Walter Reed hospital a couple of times to visit wounded soldiers, kids with no legs and one arm. You start to question some things.