I like the boundaries, the kinds of conventions of a documentary and having to work within that.

I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.

When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.

I didn't do very well academically; I was always in the bottom class.

I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic.

It takes me ages to write stuff.

I'll probably be still playing a school girl when I'm 60.