I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.

But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny.

I have always loathed working out.

Eric's performance is an awesome and entirely honest expression of the pain and beauty of his music. To watch him play is like riding on the tail of a dragon, but he is so gentle with his rider, you forget how high up you are or how intense the ride is. He is perhaps the most generous performer I have ever watched, every bit of himself is given to the audience. He's like a Marina Abramovic with a piano, completely and deeply committed, regardless of that pain.

I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community.