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I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was.

Switching the public's perception and view of me was, and still is, kind of a challenge to get them to see me outside of a character that I played on TV for so long.

Like so many kids, I just wanted to fit in, and I see now that I spent most of my life trying to be what I wasn't, trying to get people to like me.

I wanted to earn a living wage and to see something nice about me in the 'New York Times.' I wanted my mother to be proud. I wanted all the things you want and also feel silly for wanting. I wanted readers to say they'd enjoyed something of mine - to see my photo in magazines where I'd seen photos of other writers.

People want to know more about me. They want to know who I am.

I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me.

I wanted to live the inner life of every man I saw, look at the world through his eyes.

I like to make people think differently than they did before I walked in the room.

I want everyone to look back and think that I was awesome.

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.