"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."

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"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."

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"Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made."

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

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"I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show."

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"I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that."

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"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."

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

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"All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me."

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

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"It's finding those nonsensical pieces of conversation that we all do all the time. We do all the time. When we're talking on the telephone, there are arguments with people who agree when they both think that they disagree."

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"The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable."

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