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How do you cut off the human side and just maintain being professional? So what I've done is I've incorporated that with Kojak - there's times when he allows the human condition, the human experience, to integrate into him as a professional.

It's great to work with people who are jobbing actors at different stages of their career, and learning from them, and getting over being star-struck by somebody like Ian McKellen because he has such a long prestigious history in the business, but then seeing how he works on the camera; you never stop learning.

I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show with Chita Rivera. It keeps you on your toes because it's different every time.

Being professional is just really clearly the way to go and helps you on the road to longevity.

Michael Kitchen was a great person to work with. So attentive and just great at what he does and supportive, also.

I will admit, it's so intoxicating working with Steve Carrell. Creatively and professionally.

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.

He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession.