You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a job than first time guys. New kid on the block kind of thing.

Yeah I loved, as a kid growing up, I loved science-fiction.

I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.

All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier. To me, it makes it more difficult and demanding.

There's a bit of the kid in me.

I'm a big fan of country.

I love seeing somebody act real earnest and serious, like Jackie Gleason. He makes me laugh because he reflects back to me my own serious-mindedness and how ridiculous it all is. It's always easier to see somebody else in that position than yourself, and you laugh. It's like the classic slipping on the banana peel, or someone getting hit by a pie in the face. Why do those things make us laugh? Is it from relief, like: Thank God it wasn't me? Or is it something else: I'm being very serious now. I'm pontificating earnestly and solemnly about-POW! PIE IN THE FACE! The bust-up of certainty.