I Always Did Plays In School Because

There Are Some Directors Who Don't Like The Set Much. They Like Post-production, Where You Have All The Ingredients In The Can - You've Got All The Footage, All The Music, The Various Effects - And Then You Have To Do The Alchemy Necessary To Make It All Good, A Long And Very Key Process Of Putting Everything Together And Making It Into The Cogent Thing That You Want.

In General, I'm Always Interested In Characters Who Have Kind Of Extreme Aspects To Them, Who Are In Some Ways Larger Than Typical People.

The Voice-over World Has Changed Radically In The Time That I've Been In It. It Used To Be This Rather Small, Select Group Of People Who Did 90 Percent Of The Work. Now It's Kind Of The Reverse: 90 Percent Of The Work Is Done By This Very Broad Mix Of People All Over The Country, And The Guys Who Used To Be The Go-to Guys Are A Much Smaller Percentage Now. But There Was This Massive Interest In Voice-over As Well As In The Story, So I Think That Also Added To The Film's Appeal.

I Was Always Around People Who Were In The Business From The Time I Was An Absolute Baby. I Grew Up In New York City, And My Parents, My Sister, And I Had A House On Fire Island, And They Were Part Of A Set Of People That Were All Close And Friendly, Most Of Whom Were Involved In Show Business In One Regard Or Another. So It Was Always Familiar To Me, And I Kind Of Enjoyed It.

I Don't Really Know Of The Jewish Tradition Of Comedy, Only The Jewish Tradition Of Not Keeping Your Mouth Shut. Complaining About All That Is Hard, Unfair Or Ridiculous In Life-having Strong Feelings, And Not Being Able To Suppress Them. That, To Me, Is Jewish.