I Found Out That Drama Was A

That [film What's My Line] Was Very Useful To Me Because It Had Branch Rickey In A Social Situation. Every Other Bit Of Film [42] That I Had Was Him Making A Speech.

I Don't Mind Playing Older Characters. I Find It Interesting. There Are Parts I Couldn't Have Got When I Was 30 Years Old. So, It Continues To Interest Me In The Same Way That It Always Did.

The Basic Skill Of An Actor Is, In Fact, Empathy, And That's Maybe Not A Skill, It's A Disposition. I Am An Assistant Storyteller. I Enjoy Feeling Useful To A Team Effort. It's My Way Of Finding A Use For Myself, A Utility In This World.

It Doesn't Interest Me To Be Harrison Ford. It Interests Me To Be Mike Pomeroy And Indiana Jones And Jack Ryan. I Don't Want To Be In The Harrison Ford Business. I Take What I Do Seriously, But I Don't Take Myself Seriously.

There Comes A Point When You've Exhausted Your Opportunities Playing Good Guys. I've Been Around Long Enough, I Think I'm Entitled To Explore A Bit. But What I Saw There Was An Opportunity To Play A Character Different From What The Audience's Expectation Was. A Chance To Take Their Crude Experience Of Me - Of My Iconography, If You Will - And Turn It On Its Ear At An Appropriate Juncture In The Film To Be Useful To The Process Of Telling The Story.