"My contract was up at the end of Year Five and I had the option to negotiate or take a walk.  I felt I had done everything possible with the character, so I told them I was leaving.  I'm not sorry  I left.  I went on to do television, movies-of-the-week, and theater.  I was saturated with playing Frank."

"The people at fox thought it was kind of ploy.  They like a successful package to stay the way it is.  But I wanted to leave.  If I had a seven-year contract, I would have stayed seven years.  I had a five-year contract.  I'd done frank so well none could see me doing anything else, which is a difficulty for an actor.  I was hungry to broaden my experience acting.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AT LEAST A TWO THOUSAND WORD LETTER SO I PLEASE BE PATIENT.  THANK YOU!