I play around with human things, human relationships and that, and allow that kind of talk to work in that way, on that level.

I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

There's no downside to having too much experience.

You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.

A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.

I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds.

I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.

When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.

Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some improvisational stuff and we used to get laughs and things.

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

Integrity is never a given. It is a quality that can only be proven over time.

People tend to call me names that I can't repeat on basic cable. I will give you a hint. They rhyme with itch, hunt, & bore.

I think if I try to develop a formula, it ends up not working.

The body must be credited with an immense fund of know-how.

Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people

With every record, there's something you realize about it after the process is done. And you know that's almost always the case.

I'm fascinated by the deaths of stars and the havoc they wreak on their environments.

It's great to have someone to bounce off of.

Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.

By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.