I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.

Any show in its first season is going to probably have some growing pains.

I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.

A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello.

Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me.

I have come close to producing films. But generally by the time they hit the screen, there's about 50 people with producer credits, so what's the point. I usually find scripts I like with no money attached and take them to producers that I know and try to raise finance.

Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary.