I'd Always Admired Diane Keaton, But I'd

I've Always Thought That, In A Sense, The More Specific And Sometimes Even The Smaller The World Of A Movie Is, The More Universal It Is.

Most Of The Time When I Receive A Script, It Says Something Like 'rosenberg Is The Fat, Slovenly Mayor, Who Doesn't Want The Kids To Use The Skateboard Park,' Or 'stein Is A Pompous, Rotund Attorney, Imposing To All.' It Would Be So Freeing To Get A Script Where My Character Is Simply Described As 'a Man.'

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.

It Probably Goes Without Saying That I Enjoy The Potato Pancakes, Delicious Hams And So Forth That Maddeningly Turn Up At This Time Of Year.

I Always Think Of The Character As Being Me. But Me Wearing A 'coat', Which May Be A Different Way Of Speaking, Moving Or Regarding Other People. To Me, Acting Is Pretending, Just Like Kids Playing, Only You Pretend As If It Were Really, Really Real.