Change is not popular; we are creatures of habit as human beings. 'I want it to be the way it was.' But if you continue the way it was there will be no 'is.'

For a while you get mad, then you get over it.

Do you get the feeling with Sarah Palin, in high school, she was voted least likely to write a book and most likely to burn one?

Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are like generals. It's a bit like a small war on that level. The great ones have that combination of freedom and control. I'm nowhere near that. There's still so much to do as an actor. I have enough to explore with that.

It's cheaper to keep her.

Keith Richards is the only man who can make the Osbournes look Amish.

It was kind of a decompression - from straight alcohol to mixed drinks to wine to spritzers - and then you're out.