I'm no longer going to play thugs or debauched cops that I can't possibly make complex characters. I'm bigger than that. I owe too much to too many good people at the Goodman, Arena and Playwrights Horizons.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've played outrageous characters my whole career.
My roles aren't huge, but it's a start.
Fortunately, I get asked to play - regardless of how big or small they are - some really interesting people who are part of great stories. So, as an actor, there's really nothing better.
I've kind of had to make a career of playing villains. In order to stay employed, I had to figure out how to play bad guys.
I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.
Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much larger. Some are villains and others are good guys. But all of them are necessary; otherwise, they wouldn't be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.
I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off!
I love doing comedy, and I don't get a chance to much. I get to play lots of serious people and killers and people with a lot of... sheriffs.
There are so many characters I want to play. I'm greedy about acting.
I play a lot of hard men and gangsters, and I'm not like that at all.