I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references.

I would just turn into a giant pair of lips. "Oh God! There he is! It's Lip-Man!"

If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible.

Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders.

I've been a writer longer than I've been an actor. I wrote short stories like crazy when I was in high school and college. I worked in advertising before I moved to L.A. to pursue acting.