[on his character Col. William Travis in The Alamo (2004)] "He`s painted as this big, swashbuckling kind of hero, but Travis didn`t consider himself a hero. For Travis, he always thought a leader was someone who puts on fancy clothes. He finally figures out who he is in his last days."

I would never `abandon` Broadway. I do want to expand my horizons and do more film work, but I`m interested in good roles, wherever they may be. I will always come back, even if I went to LA for a job. I refuse to acknowledge the gap between theater and film. I want to do both. On both coasts. So I will...unless I never get a job again, in which case I`ll go back to my first career choice: chimney sweep.

We are a family, the tribe, we need to come together and be united and have a vision for this tribe.

I don`t want it to linger,

It is your whole life in there. And you can pass because of the smallest thing, or not pass because of the smallest thing.

Six years ago, when I moved [to New York], I said the only things I wanted to do was originate the lead in a show, and if it was a musical, then do the recording, and get nominated for a Tony. So now that I`ve done all that, I don`t know what I`m going to do. Maybe I should dream higher.

We are considering harboring with a fugitive charges against these individuals.

It`s an amazingly liberating thing to be able ... to take your clothes off and not worry about it, because it`s not about your body, it`s not anything like that, ... (I)t`s nice to go out there and have people screaming regardless of whether you look like a Chippendale (male dancer) or not.

The two times I performed at the White House, for the Kennedy Center Honors, I was made fun of. The first time, in 2001, I wore a nice Gucci suit and tie, which cost more than my rent. And when I met President Bush, he said, `Thanks for dressing up.` Everybody else was in a traditional tux. It was really funny. I totally got mocked by the President. Then the next year, I had on a black suit with a tuxedo shirt and a great light-blue straight tie. It was just a little different. But Colin Powell said, `Hey, next time wear a bow tie.`

You even lied to your own attorney.

It was a terribly emotional case for both sides in this matter. The jury had some tough decisions to make....But I hope they [Peterson family] do get closure and I hope this does help.

Robert DeNiro has been trying to get it done for a few years, and hopefully the movie happens and I`ll be in it. I`ve got my plate full right now, so we`ll see what happens.

[on his 2003 resolution] "To be in a movie or a play which doesn`t require me to take off my clothes. Unless, of course, I don`t get another job... In which case I`ll be half-naked and whole-heartedly depressed for the rest of my career."

All the available pavement we have is being used for parking of the aircraft,

I can`t make any comment. It`s all conjecture at the moment.