The theater business has allowed me, in a way the movie and TV business has not, to do very, very interesting work. So that's what I do.

As the stars make more and more money - one person gets $12 million, $14 million, $15 million, $20 million - everyone else is expected to work for peanuts. And that includes some extraordinary actors who are, today, working for peanuts because the production companies have decided they don't need to pay these people, and they don't.

The older I get, the more interesting the part has to be. Bobby Knight is extremely interesting.

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