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You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that image.

Well, I’m at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don’t know which way to take. It’s not about money, I mean, because I’m established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction.

What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you’re not happy doing it.

I think that it’s not as crazily different, my job, from anyone else’s, as people let themselves believe. I think people get wrapped up in their own idea of what it is, but it’s really not that.

Most child actors go through that. Unless you can transition into an adult star, your career is over.

A journalist and an information architect face exactly the same problem – how to give shape to the pile of information in front of you in a way that will make it easy and natural for people to comprehend. I can’t imagine any better preparation for the work I do now.

There have been openings, but I have not interviewed for any jobs, nor do I want to right now.

Years and years ago, when everyone knew that Pierce was going to be doing the job, they started selecting new people. I had this bizarre thing when I hadn’t done many movies, and of going on for an interview.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

Definitely not a sitcom, that’s my first condition. No sitcoms.