It's very interesting, I had an extremely intense experience with my dad in 2002, when he was an old man and very ill and I was taking care of him and my mother, and he was extremely depressed, virtually lost the will to live, and I realized my main job was cheering him up to save his life.

I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.

I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.

When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.

I gave up shame a long time ago.

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

It's nice when you've done enough movies that you can do your own anthology.