I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'

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

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

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

I have run across characters in my political career that have that singular focus of being someone, being in a position of power.

We participate and are responsible for a lot of the things that happen to us. If you hate your job, you are much more likely to get sick and die at a younger age than someone who's happy at work and has a nice family life and is mentally well adjusted.

Find your passion is in life, and do what you can to integrate that into your work life. That's not to say you won't have occasional frustrations in your job - that just goes with the territory - but at least you'll feel better inside, and that, over time, will mean more to you than you might think.

Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them.