I think you need to be able to see a lot of negative in things in order to extract material, so there's probably something to that. A lot of the people I used to work with were very, very, very unfunny offstage, so that's a pretty common thing.

I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play.

I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest in analyzing story.

If a great comedy landed on my doorstep, I would find it hard to say no.

We shot that in Morocco, and got out of the country at the beginning of July - and two months later came the attack on Twin Towers. The movie was then released in December, so that kind of atmosphere is not something that was unfamiliar to me.

The only thing that may make me different from other people is I have passionate interests outside of work.

I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part.