Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you hire them, so why tell somebody first what it is you want? I'm more curious to see what they bring to it and then be inspired by it and say: "OK, what if you tried this?" or "What would happen if ... ?"

I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path.

I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.

I've always loved comedy and growing up it was the comedies that I really responded to. So I don't know how it turned out that once I started acting that I started getting a certain kind of role, that I never saw myself as growing up, so I really love when I get an opportunity to play a [comedian] role.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.

Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.