From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up.

Every few months I'll pop into a comedy club or go to Vegas.

As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chewing an apple at a baseball game. You've got to let go of the diet that day.

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.

When my dad was young he shot marbles. When I was young I played Marble Madness on my Nintendo Entertainment System.

Imagine what I could have done in ten years. I could have learned to speak Japanese. I could have played every RPG video game ever created, and if I spoke Japanese I could have played the foreign ones too! Man, I could have built a spaceship in my backyard and flew it to the moon and back, if I wanted.

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.