What we're trying to do is maintain the character, the feeling of downtown. That way someone can't just swoop in, build a building to its borders and then take off.

I always see myself as a character actor, but Remington Steele was me. I gave up on trying to be any character. I just put myself as me in this world of Remington Steele and the grand pretender.

There ain't going to be no response from me. That fine's too heavy and I'm not trying to get suspended. So they don't have to worry about it. I'm going to tell my guys to back off.

I feel terrible for those people. They're still trying to get their lives back together. I see it and I just can't stop watching it. Like a train wreck.

These towns are trying to preserve their small-town character.

The fourth major character was the city itself. We were trying to show off Racine. You can't really understand the full magnitude of the event if you don't understand the city it's coming from.