I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

Studios just sometimes make decisions on their own that you're always flabbergasted by. It just happens that way for whatever reason - not even pointing fingers, it just is.

You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.

There's no downside to having too much experience.

I don't know that you can do an absurdist film and just have everybody embrace it in terms of filling out cards. I just don't think it happens. So you have to prepare an audience.

When I was growing up in Baltimore, the Colts were not just a team that played in the city. It was part of the city. Football players didn't make close to the money they make today and most took jobs in the off-season. Some were mechanics, others worked at furniture stores, and you could find them drinking at a neighborhood watering hole.