I didn’t know before reading your new memoir that you were almost Tony Soprano. Is there a role that you really wanted that you didn’t end up getting?

It’s not Tony Soprano. There is not a role that I didn’t get that I ever gave more than four hours of grievance to. When I don’t get something, I move on. Because there’s no point. I’m very pragmatic that way. It’s for your own mental health. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.

The thing you have to understand is if you don’t get something, it’s not personal. It can be as simple as the director has already got three brunettes or three male actors and they don’t need a fourth. It’s never personally about you. It’s about the picture they have in their head … Or sometimes a role is already out to another actor and they’re just waiting for them to say yes. That is one thing I wish they wouldn’t do, because that’s a waste of my time. If you’ve got an offer out to Ben Affleck or whoever, don’t put me on the revolving wheel of possibility.…