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I moved to L.A. right after I finished high school, for three years, because everybody was telling me it was important to get down there, and then I kind of just decided for myself that I didn't need to be there to be doing this. I wanted out of some of the chaos that comes with living here and being an actor.

I grew up in Mississippi. I was there for 13 years, and then when I turned 13, I moved out to L.A.

What I remember about coming to L.A. is that suddenly work was as big a presence in my life as my life itself.

I moved to New York first and was really apprehensive about moving to L.A., but I really, really like it.

When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I'm at a place in my life and career where I just want to work. It's what I do and it makes me very happy.

I began my career in Los Angeles and started working fairly quickly.

I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else.

I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level.

I didn't go to L.A. because I wanted to move to California. I went to L.A. to work as an actor.

When I first got to L.A., I was shocked at how business was done, and how people... it's like everything I was told not to fall for, I was surrounded by. And it was very difficult for me, because I just didn't like the industry at all.