You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.

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

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

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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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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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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.

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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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I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever.

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