Everybody's Family Has Problems.

When You Have A Director Who Has Work You Can Identify From The Past, It Gives You Some Reference Point As To What Their Interpretation Of The Story Might Be, And How That Might Jibe, Right Or Wrong, With How You See It. But With A First-time Director, You Don't Really Know Where You're At.

Same Job, Whether It's Comedy Or Drama. Regardless Of The Weight Of The Role, I Feel Like The Job Is Always Kind Of The Same. Who Is This Person? What's This Guy Here, And How Is He Playing With This Thing, And What's He Trying To Say? And What's The Volley With All These Other People Around Him?

I Have Always Been Interested In The Concept Of Ruin.

There's Something In Human Nature, The Trying-to-get-on-with-it Quality Of People, The Struggle To Maintain Or Keep The Show Going Can Be Exhausting. It Just Seems Like That Element Of Trying To Move Forward While Things Are Breaking Down... Obviously, It's Always Been The Backdrop For A Lot Of Great Literature And Great Cinematic Characters, But Aside From That, I'm Just Drawn To It Because That Feels Honest To Me.

Cher's Great, She's Incredible. She Is An Enormous, Enormous Star, Who Goes Anywhere And Crowds Follow Her...and Yet She's A Disciplined Actress And She's Down To Earth And Cool. I Can't Say Enough Good Things About Her.