There`s editing, and scripts to read and edit, and casting, and all the elements of production that just sort of take up the normal downtime that you would have as an actor. So there`s not a lot of that for me.

Being away from her is torturous and I`d much prefer to be with her. So I just try to get out of here as soon as I can. I make sure I do my job real well and fast.

So it allows me to travel, I`ll be doing that and running these great rivers and doing what I`ve done in the past without much purpose other than for the experience.

Being a father, well, I don`t know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just `cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work.

[on his "MacGyver" (1985) co-star Dana Elcar, who passed away in 2005] At a time when I had very little business being called an actor, he made things so easy for me. It was a learning experience that was very warm and loving for all seven years.

There`s not a lot of fooling around, but there is a genuine sort of light air about it all. It`s a lot of work, so you sort of have to keep.

They are a fairly aggressive conservation organization that was started to protect the great whales particularly, but in general all marine life around the world. So those are the people I`m trying to attach my name to.

Shanks and I tend to have a lot of fun. And, oh, any of The Simpsons` episodes are my favorites too.

I`ve also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it`s essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls.

Well, I don`t want to sound like any actor that has been doing the series for any length of time or has been in the business way too long.

Nothing. We`re all friends and friendly. So when the cameras go down, depending on the mood or the nature of the material we`re dealing with, there`s usually a kind of a prevailing light attitude that`s floating around.

That was a lot of fun as an actor to play with that much prosthetic. It allowed me to tap into the real me, which is at least 90 or 95 years old.

Oh, who am I trying to kid? It`s a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It`s nuts. You know, I can`t be a part of it.

So that`s the biggest obvious difference. The other one is that you`re dealing with a concept that forces you to relinquish your ability to believe.

We`re loosely calling it The River Project, but hopefully the pieces that we put together will be educational pieces that will throw some light on the situation as to what kind of jeopardy may be surrounding our great rivers.

That means that we can start utilizing the incredible talents of our special-effects people, so we`ll be hopefully seeing a lot more of that.

As far as the future for the Showtime episodes that have already aired, we are sold into syndication so we`ll be appearing primarily on the Fox syndicated networks and then eventually the SCI FI Channel. So, we`ll be around for a while.

I`ve been working with them for a couple years and a couple of projects. Essentially Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is the chief litigator for this corporation, this Alliance, and their job is to prosecute corporate polluters of the great bodies of water in North America.

Dogs are my favorite people.

You have to suspend disbelief a little bit to buy into your situation and to the story and to how the character will react. You have to tweak your credibility a little bit, is basically what it comes down to.

But my answer to that question would have to be, aside from the obvious, which is the people and the relationships that you garner over a long period of time but the catering. The catering. They`re the best. So it`s the food.

That was fun to play. There were some nice special effects coupled with some really nice moments with child and wife. I also was able to age to about 100 years in `Brief Candle.`