In a career spanning six decades, Karl Malden has superbly achieved the goal of every actor, to bring an extraordinarily rich range of iconic characters to the screen and stage,

The career as an actor for me has been very hit-and-miss. I've done a couple of series where it's okay, but nobody was passionate about what we were doing. (Sons & Daughters) is one of those things where we are, everyone is very passionate about it.

I've always said my career is somewhere between children's programming and hard-core porn.

Thank God I have four sons. The mother/daughter relationship is one of mankind's great mysteries, and for womankind, it can be hellaciously complicated. My mother and I are quintessential examples of the rewards and frustrations, and the joys and infuriations it can yield.

Don't like small talk, love rainy days.

My mother, whom I love dearly, has continually revised my life story within the context of a complicated family history that includes more than the usual share of divorce, step-children, dysfunction, and obfuscation. I've spent most of my adult life attempting to deconstruct that history and separate fact from fiction.