That kind of creaming off the pretty postcard image of the past, I think, is a road to nowhere.

I want to have the career that is my choice - what interests me, what doesn't. I feel more and more strongly about that.

I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts.

My parents' generation was definitely pre-telly, and they knew how to entertain each other. Everybody knew something that they could do - a song or a poem, or a piece of music. At school, I remember being a cat and then a budgie and then a bumble bee. I obviously thought all that was marvelous.

There's no amount of money that would make me decide something for a career.

Money laundering is not a crime. It's just because certain men with guns don't like what other people are doing with their own money, so they decide it's okay to lock those people in a cage.

There are lot of ways people get non-economic payback - learning, networking, and relationships. These drive most angels more than the money.

I moved to L.A. at 17, and for the fist time, I had to realize that if I run out of money, I'm moving back to Ohio - and I didn't want to do that at all.