I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

Well, for one thing, you know my dad was a cop.

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.

It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money for my own projects.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

Maybe I should have taken a few chances. That's not to say I want to go make Star Wars, but I need to shift my career into the studio world. That's where my head was at when I thought of the original plot.

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.