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For Hundreds Of Years, That Was The Major Form Of Entertainment: The Grown-ups Sat Around And Watched The Kids Play. Now They Sit Around And Watch The Television. The Actors Are The Kids.

I Don't Think Of Myself As A Tv Actor. I Think Of Myself As A Film, Television And Off-off-off-off Broadway Actor.

Whenever Somebody Says They Need An Angle For Their Story I Always Fear That They've Got An Idea And They Want Me To Fit Into It Or They Want Me To Come Up With An Idea Myself Or I'm Supposed To Be More Revealing Than I've Been, And To Me It Just Sounds Like Something I Don't Want To Do.

It's Always Like You Write A Poem When You Can't Really Say What You're Trying To Say.

The Only Episode Which Was Completely My Idea Was For Mitch Pileggi, The Actor Who Portrays Skinner, The Assistant Director Of The Fbi. He Appears Often In The Series, But Only For A Few Scenes. You Know Virtually Nothing About Him. I Wanted Him To Have An Episode That Was His Alone, So I Wrote Avatar For Him. He Even Has A Scene That's Pretty . . . Hot [knowing Smile]. He Was Very Happy.