[townies] Was A Great Springboard, Obviously, Because

I'm Doing A Very Funny Show In Which We Talk About Issues. I Speak At Aids Charities And Things. It's Great To Do Something Fun With Our Days And Yet We're Told We're Doing Something Important.

As A Television Actor, There's A Power You're Given To Use Your Image To Do Something Valuable. As A Parent, These Messages Are Particularly Important To Me.

I Think There's A Certain Objectivity That Comes From Being Canadian. You're Partly British And Partly American; You Have A Good Bird's-eye View Of Both Countries. So Much Of The Comedy That Comes Out Of Canada Is Impersonation - It's Less 'look At Me' Than It Is 'look At Me Playing Other People.

The Three Main Leads [in Townies] Were Lauren [ Graham] And Jenna [elfman] And Molly [ringwald], And Then Ron Livingston Was On It As Well. There Was A Lot Of People To Write Funny Stuff For.

I Have Accomplished A Lot, But It Didn't Happen Overnight For Me. I Was 35 When I Got The Show, And Had Been Working Professionally For 15 Years. It Would Be A Lot Weirder If I Were In My Early 20s And Stumbled Into It.