When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.

I have always believed that the risk takers are eventually rewarded.

It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it.

I want to bring theatre to a new generation, using the tools available to us, including taking it out to them on film and with new technology, but that is just so they can discover theatre. I want them to come in and sit in a theatre. This is the way to plant seeds.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

Talent is one thing, it is how you nurture and develop it, and never walk away from it. You can be rich, successful, you win awards, but it can always be better.

I accept the fact that some things dont go the way you hope.