I'm A Real Pushover For Animals.

I Think Every American Actor Wants To Be A Movie Star. But I Never Wanted To Do Stupid Movies, I Wanted To Do Films. I Vowed I Would Never Do A Commercial, Nor Would I Do A Soap Opera - Both Of Which I Did As Soon As I Left The Acting Company And Was Starving.

I See God As A Song-and-dance Man. If I Had My Way, He'd Be Able To Carry A Tune, Too. Preferably, One Of Mine.

I See A Steady Downward Slope Toward Oblivion Over The Next Three Years. I'm Pessimistic. Everything That's Happened To Me So Far Has Been Kind Of Flukey. I Went Into Twentieth Century Because I Wanted To Work For Hal Prince. The Part Was Too Small According To My Agent. I Had Been Doing Only Leading Parts, And He Thought I Should Continue That. But The Part Was Enlarged In Rehearsal: Songs Were Added, And It Became More Physicalized And Showy. Then I Won Awards And Got Attention.

But You Have To Trust Your Instincts. Because You're Not Going To Try It 20 Different Ways During Rehearsal. You'll Try It Two Or Three Different Ways, Maybe, But Then You've Got Five Other Scenes You're Shooting That Day. You've Got To Keep Going.

I Had Studied Piano Since I Was 13, But I Was Surrounded By Students Who'd Been Playing Since They Were 5. I Realized I Was Never Going To Be Anything But Mediocre.