I'm a huge fan of things like The Wire and The Shield.

There's a certain kind of existential freedom that comes to people who realize that all the things that they hold onto and that they think define them, once they're gone, there's this new freedom to determine the way you're going to live your life.

I feel quite blessed that I can actually balance between the two worlds, because a lot of really talented actors I know end up getting set in a certain category and no one will ever buy that they can exist outside that category, even though you know full well that they can.

No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film.

San Diego was fantastic. I think there's something about San Diego that is quite different than Los Angeles.

I think in a weird way that the entertainment industry is strangely more brutally honest than any other.

Then I did The Tao of Steve and that was at Sundance in 2000 where it did really well.