Occupation: Actor.
Birthday: Sept. 20, 1956.
Birthplace: Park Ridge, Ill.
Current home: San Francisco, but I still have a place in Chicago.
Marital status: Single.
Car: A 1990 white Jeep Cherokee.
Working on: ”Midnight Caller,” Tuesday nights on NBC-TV, and in February, ”Son of the Morning Star,” a mini-series about Gen. Custer, airs on ABC-TV.
The book I`ve been recommending lately is: ”Majestic,” by Whitley Strieber.
Favorite performer: Warren Zevon.
Favorite childhood memory: Roast-beef Sunday at Grandma`s house.
Prized possession: My custom-made saddle.
Nobody knows I`m: Weird when I`m by myself.
I`ve never been able to: Ice-skate very well.
I`m better than anyone else when it comes to: Remembering worthless dialogue from stupid movies.
I`d give anything to meet: Al Pacino. He was in my favorite movie of all time, ”Dog Day Afternoon.”
The worst part of my job is: You`re always unemployed at some point.
My fantasy is: I`m living somewhere in the middle of nowhere, and I`m not going crazy.
The worst advice my mother ever gave me was: ”Stay in college.” I dropped out anyway after three years.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Weird. I`d go out of my way to get a laugh.
The best time of my life: The beginning of my career in Chicago in `79 and `80. We were getting the Remains Theatre off the ground.
The worst time of my life: The winter of `87. I was going back and forth between Chicago and L.A., and I couldn`t get a job.
Behind my back my friends say: ”Will he ever grow up?”
If I weren`t an actor, I`d be: Dead, in trouble or a bartender.
If I`ve learned one thing in life, it`s: Those who expect nothing shall not be disappointed.
My most humbling experience: Learning to ride a horse.
When people first meet me, they think: ”Is this guy for real?”
