I look for characters who are emotionally driven.

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

Actors make choices for different reasons.

Free your mind, Jowendrhan. A cage is only a cage as long as you believe it is.

Every day, in which you exist on earth, be filled with deep gratitude.

I am counting on the private sector, because it is crucial to Senegal's future.

The future is always a wholeness, a sameness. We're all tall and happy there,' she said. 'This is why the future fails. It always fails. It can never be the cruel happy place we want to make it.

One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.

If God himself wills such misery on people whom I love, then I say I will deal with him

It seems like the original 'Star Trek' could have gone on longer.

There are yawning gulfs into which large chunks of me have fallen. I do not always know where I am at present.

I'm very much in denial that I can't dance. I really go for it, which is almost more embarrassing.

I've really had good luck working with younger actors. Every younger actor that I have worked with has always been really on top of their game and fascinating to watch.