I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up.

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. Actually, when I did theater, I used to have a partner, and that was the way we used to write a lot of our sketches, through improvisation. So it's something I feel comfortable with.

The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.

I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.

By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had.

Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece.

Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.