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It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good.

They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before.

The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101.

I've never tried to be something I'm not.

So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.

And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.

It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good.

My 22-year-old [son] can see everything I've done, but my 15-year-old hasn't been able to see anything, at all. But yeah, I hope I'm a super cool dad.

Everybody's motivation comes from the core of who they are.

When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.

I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.

But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.

Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.

No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.

What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.

It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.

Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it.

The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced.

I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet.

Then I did Mystic Pizza, just to do something I wasn't fat in.

The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.

The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.

The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters.

Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody.

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers.

I've never played a master thief. And I think I am one.

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office.

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.