"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."

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"Originality is, for me, the most important quality in a script."

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"I know a lot of people in the business recommend the many Story Structure seminars being offered here, but I point to them as the single biggest contributor to lousy scripts."

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"I love all of Albert Brooks' work from Defending Your Life back to his first film, Real Life, but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work."

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"But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity."

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"I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days."

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"I used to love Woody Allen but feel he's become a hack as a director. Bullets Over Broadway is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years."

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"Fear of failure has always been my best motivator."

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"When I saw The Player, I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience."

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"Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability."

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"Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true."

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