Comedy Is Hard To Do. All The

The Indie World Changed When The Economy Went South. I Was Frustrated With Doing Something, Then Waiting For It To Come Out, And Sometimes It Never Did, Or Would Just Play In New York For 50 People. So I Really Wanted To Try Something Else.

On Cable Now, The Writer Is King. Any Actor Chases That.

I Never Starved. And You Know, Whatever Talent I Have, I've Relied On That, Versus Image Or Star. I Have Just Said, 'hire Me If You Want Somebody Good.' I Tried To Be As Good As I Could Be Every Time Out, And That's Kind Of Bridged The Decades.

There Is No Best Anything In Art. Phillip [hoffman] Isn't Better Than Heath [ledger]; Joaquin [phoenix] Isn't Better Than David [strathairn] Or Terence [howard]. They Aren't Better Than Me. We All Do Different Things. It's More Of A Celebration Of A Lot Of Great Work Than To Give The Gold To Somebody. The Underappreciated Factor Certainly Has Gone Away.

I Also Write Plays, So I Understand The Writers Mind, And How Obsessed You Can Get Writing.