A Script Is Like A Theory Of

I Know I'm Not Some Matinee Idol, But I Think We're Sold This Bill Of Goods By The Media, Which Says That Only The Most Beautiful And Dashing People Can Become Movie Stars. So When Someone Like Me Sneaks In, They Have To Redo The Calculations.

Life Is Often Confusing And Sad, And I'm A Big Fan Of The Slap And The Tickle, As They Say.

Kind Of The Exhausting Thing About Doing Pure Comedy, Or Something That's Broader, Is You're Kind Of A Slave To The Laugh. If It's Not Funny, Then There's Not Much Point In Doing It. The Kind Of über-objective Is To Make People Laugh. You Always Have To Have That In The Back Of Your Mind, "eh, I've Got To Figure Out A Way To Make This Funny."

Whenever I Work On Something, I Try And Throw Everything I Have At It. Then If The Director Finds It Useful They Use It, And If Not, They Ignore It!

My Family Are All Storytellers, And I Think I Inherited A Lot More Of That Gene Than Other People In My Family. I Guess I Was Fun To Have Around.