I'd Never Been To Acting School, So

After All, At End Of The Day, When You're Breathing Your Last, It's Not Your Producer, Director, Or Cast Mates By Your Bedside; It's Your Children. Keep That In Mind.

It Was The Last Generation Of Writers [ The Cheers] That Had Grown Up Reading Books Instead Of Watching Tv. So You Weren't Getting Anything That Was Derivative Of I Love Lucy Or Happy Days. You Were Getting Real Characters [like Those] They Read In P.g. Wodehouse Or Dickens Or Somewhere Along The Line, Because They Had All Grown Up With A Love Of Literature.

You've Got To Write For Your Audience.

The Last Thing On My Mind Was To Be An Actor, But I Had A Crush On A Cute Girl In The Drama Department, So The Best Thing For Me To Do Was Audition, Help Out, Do Carpentry, Whatever It Took To Get Me On That Project.

I Don't Know How Many Days I Worked There [on Star Wars]. The Thing I Do Remember Was I Somehow Got A Parking Space Next To Kermit The Frog. It Was Jim Henson's Space, With This Kermit The Frog Sign. I Took A Photo Of It And Sent It To My Mom With A Caption That Read, "look, Mom. I Made It. I Got A Parking Space Next To Kermit The Frog." I Was Always Fascinated By The Film-set Infrastructures.