Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books.

Jimmy had that genius; that mysterious certain something. When you watched him play, you wanted to learn how to play that way ... he was an inspiration to me to play honestly, to play truthfully, to play deeply.

She had said one time, make a choice and do it like Hercules. So if that is all of what is being offered, the idea is to always do it like Hercules and I always followed her advise and now I'm here talking to you.

Well unfortunately I didn't work with Andre much. But rap is a strong presence in the culture and anyone is going to grateful for its appearance, grateful for any kind of music that has the kind of effect that rap has had on us all.

You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them.

You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you.