We both [with Jo Andres] think that it is really important to our culture that we support all kinds of music, all kinds of theatre and all kinds of art because you never know what moves people. We've always believed that there should be a strong voice outside the commercial world. Certainly, the commercial world has a huge place in our culture and we also support that - but, we also want to support the stuff that lives outside of that.

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.

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

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.

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 real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.

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