A lot of people are actually surprised when I do open up my mouth and smile a little bit, and crack a joke and drink a beer.

As actors, we try to just do the character justice and try to make the writer's intentions come to life. If you do that to the best of your ability, that's really all you can do. All that other stuff, like a warm reception from fans and viewers, is just icing.

Literally, walking down that path. I was walking to work and I passed by A.C.T. (American Conservatory Theater) in San Francisco, and they had night education classes for adults. I said, Yeah, why not?, and walked in, just for the fun of it, to see what it was like.