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.

If you can jump up onstage and make people laugh, shouldn't you also be able to inhabit a character?

I've always been a bit of a car freak.

The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that's supposed to be fun can be the most serious.

I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines.

I do believe in reading signs if they're really obvious to you. Things happen. Someone will say something to you today in the morning and then later on that day someone will mention the same thing and then the next day someone will mention it again. There's a reason why three people have said something within twenty four hours.

The thing I love about working with first-time directors is that it's always quite shocking how little difference there is between them and directors who've been directing all their lives.