I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.

I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course.

I love the theater and I particularly love the classical theater and I love doing Shakespeare. It pays the soul, but it doesn't pay the rent.

To have the freedom to be able to make choices is something I guess every actor aspires to. Most actors don't have those kind of choices. If the part comes along, they take it.

My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience.

Actors, it's very hard for them to make value judgments when they play characters. It's very dangerous if you start thinking of yourself as a bad guy.

People want to typecast you; it's human nature.

I look for characters who are emotionally driven.

I've got to put my kids through school. And I like the security of working every day, which is what television is about.

Tradition is a foolish man's excuse for not thinking

For life be, after all, only a waitin' for somethin' else than what we're doin'; and death be all that we can rightly depend on.

For me, when I read a book, I'm very much about detail.

I try not to read blogs. The comments are extremely harsh.

The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less.

We poor creatures are born for man's pleasure and amusement, and destined to go through endless sufferings and trials.

As revealed by physics, the truth is so remarkable, so amazing!

You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels.

We should pass a flex time law that allows employees to take their overtime pay in money or in time off, depending on what's better for their family.