Occupation: Actor.
Birthday: June 21, 1954. I was born when Elvis was still driving a truck. Birthplace: New Brunswick, N.J.
Current home: Los Angeles.
Marital status: Single.
Working on: I play Eldon on ”Murphy Brown” on CBS-TV, and I`ve got two movies coming out this spring: ”Folks,” with Tom Selleck, and ”The Paint Job,” with Bebe Neuwirth from ”Cheers.”
The last good movie I saw was: ”Life Is Sweet.”
Favorite performer: Little Richard.
Favorite childhood memory: My Aunt Gerry taking me for rides in her `41 Cadillac and buying me Beatles records.
Prized possessions: My two `61 Cadillacs. One`s pink, and one`s white.
Personal heroes: Elvis Presley, James Cagney, Marlon Brando and Muhammad Ali.
Every New Year`s I resolve: To finish that brilliant play I`m writing.
I`d give anything to meet: Rod Steiger.
The worst part of my job is: Finally figuring out what your character is all about after the last performance of a play.
A really great evening to me is: Hearing some good rock `n` roll.
My fantasy is: I`m in a small, off-Broadway theater doing a one-man show that I`ve written.
The worst advice my mother ever gave me was: ”Get a job.”
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Nuts. I got into a lot of trouble-stealing cars, you name it. I was your typical juvenile delinquent.
My most irrational act: Driving to Maryland when I was 18 to marry my girlfriend.
The worst time of my life: When I was drinking, when I was a kid.
If I weren`t an actor, I`d be a: Truck driver.
When people first meet me, they think: ”Oh my God, he really sounds like that!”
Words that best describe me: Dark, brutally handsome and ”Why does he still wear pointy shoes?”
The title of my autobiography should be: ”Unchained.”
