Nothing's really changed for me over the years. I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. Relationships are interesting to me. Not just between men and women but fathers and sons, brothers and sisters and friends.

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

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

I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.

The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

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

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.