I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it.

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.

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

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.

My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.

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.

I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.