"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

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"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."

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"I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy."

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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

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"I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy."

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"When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die."

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