I want to make smart television.

I like to play bad guys, since good guys are always beaten up several times during the movie. Bad guys are beaten only once, in the end.

People who get involved with the success of something have to be given at least some share of that success.

People are either enamored with me or wonder if they can take me.

If anything, I want to bring television back up to where it will entertain and engage a gamer.

When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die.

My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom.

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since.

I basically was a precocious little kid.

I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

It requires more courage to back down compared to moving forward.

Those who cling to the shadows will always hate and despise the light.

I would be the first to admit that my maternal instincts are not well developed--though in defense I must add that the raising of Ramses would have discouraged any woman.

He was religious, but had refrained from allowing his religious ideals to be obscured by a god.

Bad weather always looks worse through a window.

In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.

I considered her my ally, because, like me, she was imperfect.

Only communist regimes have churned out more jargon than modern business.

Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some.

I certainly have played a lot of strong characters, and I love playing a strong character.