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We moved around a lot when I ...

We moved around a lot when I was growing up. I was always the new kid in class, but I was good at making friends. With an upbringing like that, I was either going to become an actor or a politician. Thank God I became an actor! I'm not cut out for politics.

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It's pretty rare that I see a...

It's pretty rare that I see a film that I did a long, long time ago.

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My wife tells me I always hav...

My wife tells me I always have to have a project. A 'projectophile' or something. It's true. I always feel like the grass is growing under my feet.

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I loved playing Roberta Muldo...

I loved playing Roberta Muldoon!

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I do think - I always tell th...

I do think - I always tell that to young people - go to college, do theater, work with an audience. Don't try to learn how to act in front of millions and millions of people. Don't make that your first ambition, to be on a sitcom or get into the movies. Learn who you are as an actor, and the best way to do that is to do it in front of an audience.

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If it's well written and well...

If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare.

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We all have our secrets, and ...

We all have our secrets, and we all have our deceptions. Acting, at its best, is all about deceiving people, and this makes it all the more interesting to us.

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Actors are not necessarily sm...

Actors are not necessarily smart people.

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I auditioned for soap operas ...

I auditioned for soap operas and commercials; I remember auditioning for Lays potato chips. It was a sort of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' sketch, where Captain Bligh was torturing the crew by saying, 'You can only have one Lays potato chip,' and they all rise up.

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My worst audition was for Tim...

My worst audition was for Tim Burton for 'Batman.'

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Oh, I'm dying to play Donald ...

Oh, I'm dying to play Donald Trump someday, just because he's an unbelievable character. I'm a character actor; that's what you look for: outsized human beings.

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Powerful people are always in...

Powerful people are always in charge. You have to acknowledge that and deal with it as a reality. They're not devils. They're not monsters. They're human beings, like us, that have their share of insecurities and fears. You have to contemplate that as you go through life.

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When you end a successful sit...

When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.

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No villain thinks of himself ...

No villain thinks of himself as a villain, and that's the approach I always take.

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We're in the business of usin...

We're in the business of using real emotions to bring pretend emotions to life.

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The theater is my power cente...

The theater is my power center, and I love doing it in New York.

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I can't imagine doing an hour...

I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home.

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I tell young people, includin...

I tell young people, including my own kids, don't do this, it's too difficult. It's a career full of rejection, disappointment and failure. It's murderously hard on the ego. Don't become an actor.

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The Broadway audience is made...

The Broadway audience is made up of a greater percentage of tourists now. There's not nearly as much variety and danger and challenge in what's being offered.

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To my mum, I owe security in ...

To my mum, I owe security in a very insecure young life. We lived in about 10 different places because of my father's chequered career, and she always made me feel a sense of consistency and security. I was a well-mothered boy.

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