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.

[What's my favourite book?] It changes all the time.

After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.

There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.

Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.

I love producing, I love bringing things together.