Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.

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

There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

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