I like to have fun at work. It's okay if I don't. I've had that a few times. But generally, I'm someone who has a lot of fun at work, because I like my job. I think it's a fantastic job, at least that part of it is a fantastic job. And I like to have fun, and I personally feel that whether you're talking about the cast or the crew or the director or any combination thereof, that when people feel involved and comfortable and they feel like their work is being supported, that's the best environment to do good work.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly.

Chicago my favourite American city. I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.

There are many, many benefits to being known for whatever it is you do. To deny that would be sort of asinine and vulgar.

The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.

With acting it's your neck up there in the end. And if you think the director can't help you it's one thing. But if you feel they're reining you in when they need to be giving you some rope, or vice versa, then I just don't tolerate that.