I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.

I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19 yukking it up.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared but they're not going to get hurt.

The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed.

I love movies that make me cry because they're tapping into a real emotion in me and I always think afterwards: how did they do that?

Very often when I go in to meet for movies or pilots I'm put on videotape. I hate the notion that that tape is going to sit on a shelf and never get better.

It's not like I sit around watching my movies again and again but I've never quite believed actors when they say they don't watch themselves.

I'm not mad about movies there are too many people involved in the making of them and they lack a definitive creative focus.

People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day when I get checks from old movies I've made 'Jack' is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams.

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think 'Gee there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.