But I never aspired to be a soap opera star. I always wanted to do good dramatic roles on TV and in the movies.

Almost 50 percent of the work actors used to do for television is gone. Broadcast stations are all about money -- with reality shows they don't have to pay actors, or writers, and no sets are needed.

I always tell people, making it in Hollywood is like playing the lottery. There's a lot of luck involved. To be successful, you've got to love acting more than anything in the world.

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking

everything from blues to opera!