And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.

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But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and...

But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and...

I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian.

I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian.

Here's the thing: I did one episode of Deep Space Nine, and I loved everybody...

Here's the thing: I did one episode of Deep Space Nine, and I loved everybody...

Of course it's difficult to turn anything down when Mike Nichols calls you personally.

Of course it's difficult to turn anything down when Mike Nichols calls you personally.

I think probably, the makeup artists don't really know how long it's going to take...

I think probably, the makeup artists don't really know how long it's going to take...

It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things.

It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things.

Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a...

Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a...

For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love...

For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love...

I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock.

I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock.

The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when...

The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when...

Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping...

Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping...

I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the...

I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the...

I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it.

I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it.

When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials.

When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials.

I love the comradery of doing theatre that you don't get in film.

I love the comradery of doing theatre that you don't get in film.

I started out in summer stock, and that's really what I prefer.

I started out in summer stock, and that's really what I prefer.

I could have stayed in L.A. and done sitcoms for awhile and will probably go...

I could have stayed in L.A. and done sitcoms for awhile and will probably go...

I'm sick of the treadmill.

I'm sick of the treadmill.

I don't like sitting around sets - I don't like the unpredictability of it.

I don't like sitting around sets - I don't like the unpredictability of it.

Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards.

Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards.