Knock Wood, But I Started Acting Professionally

Flying Back From New York, The Flight Attendant Said 'god, I Wished You Were Here Yesterday, We Had A Stroke On The Plane.' I Said, 'if I Have A Stroke On A Plane, I Hope The Pretend Doctor Isn't The One On The Plane. I Want A Real Doctor.'

I Did Tons Of Theater In School, And Then When I Was 16 And Got My Driver's License, I Started Driving To Los Angeles, Along With My Friend Eric Stoltz, Who Was A Year Ahead Of Me And Was Doing The Same Thing. So We Had The Same Manager, And We Started Auditioning For Things And Doing Commercials When We Were 16.

I Just Spent A Lot Of Time On 'er' For That Eight Years. I Also Started Working When I Was 16, So By The Time I Left 'er,' I Was 40 Years Old, I Had This Incredible Experience, My Wife Had This Great Company, We Had Four Kids, It Was Like, 'let's Go To New York And Live For A While And Make That The Priority.'

People Relate To Things That Feel Real To Them. All The Good, Happy, Over-sexed And Moneyed Endings On Tv Are Not The Way Most Of Us Feel In Our Lives. The Success Of 'e.r.,' I Think, Is Not Relying On Overly Sentimental Stories That Are Solved Where People's Lives Wrap Up Nicely With Happy Endings.

I Was Spoiled By Theater, Where There Is No Editor.