I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.

But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together.

Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.

Sitting in an automobile was where I first remember understanding how drama works ... Hidden in the back seat of a sedan, I quickly realized how deep the chasm or intense the claustrophobia could be inside your average family car.

But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where I wouldn't have expected him to be - taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend's wife.

If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.