I have had some good fortune in the world of television. I have had it late in life after many youthful struggles and a change of careers.

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• Michael Emerson:

  I'm truly glad there are so many options on television that are for grown and thinking people.

• Michael Emerson:

  'Elementary' is a strong show; we watch it almost religiously in our house.

• Michael Emerson:

  I'd really like to play a character who's inarticulate. I always play people with language. It woul

• Michael Emerson:

  I liked dark, urban stories like 'Peter Gunn,' which was a detective series on network TV when I wa

• Michael Emerson:

  I'm very proud of my New York debut. I played Oscar Wilde in 'Gross Indecency' off Broadway in abou

• Michael Emerson:

  I used to make training films for the U.S. government. I was always cast as a madman or a prisoner.

• Michael Emerson:

  This is this thing I harp on: Sometimes acting can be a self-defeating psychological enterprise if

• Michael Emerson:

  I was a magazine illustrator for many years before I became an actor, and I used to think, 'Oh, God

• Michael Emerson:

  I was 42 when I started to make my living as an actor.

• Michael Emerson:

  There were times when I thought I had to be completely off-book and ready to give my opening night