I would like to find, or I would like a part to come to me that is like the part that Dennis Franz was fortunate to be able to play on 'NYPD Blue,' a sort of similar-looking actor to me, a generic, bald white guy who you would often think of as playing the authority figure. But he was the disgruntled middle-man. That would be a fun character.

I do think you need to understand a character's motivation and perspective.

If the awards buzz is happening, and it's coming from critics and people in the business and all of that, that's only more good news.

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