Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

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

I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.

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