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I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams.

I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that.

I'm in the theater because of two plays: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Death of a Salesman.'

'A Streetcar Named Desire' is one of the best, if not the best, modern American plays. It deals with family dynamics, mental health, PTSD, war, and love. It's hard to beat.

I grew up listening to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, so arriving in Nashville in the '60s was really exciting for me.

I love Tennessee Williams pieces; they are so poetic and I love period pieces.

I grew up kind of in the country, in western Georgia. And then I moved a lot closer to Atlanta, and I started doing plays, and when I started doing film, I think I really started to love it.

My very first role was with James Earl Jones on 'Gabriel's Fire' on TV. He drove a Chevy Citation, which is the exact same car that I bought from a guy in San Francisco called Sandy Boone. I showed up on set, and James Earl Jones was driving the car I had bought from Sandy for $250.

And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.