I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception…

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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 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...

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'm sick of the treadmill.

I'm sick of the treadmill.

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.

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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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...