As an actor you become that lighting rod between the person who made the play and the audience.

I don't think I'd be a good director because people would ask me, you know, "What is it? What's going on here? Where should I put the camera?" Or, "What's my motivation?" And I would say, "Do whatever you want!"

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

It's very bizarre though when you get hired and then the director will say, "I know how this goes." And you're thinking, "Wait a minute, I thought that I was doing this" but basically what they really want, especially if they wrote it, is they want you to do it as they imagined it. It's virtually impossible.

Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It's a rhythm thing - people who speak English where they have to hesitate and think of the right word. And I think it rubbed off.

People think that my favorite roles to do are villains, but I find comedy to be the most challenging and rewarding.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.