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Every Actor Has Periods Of Their Life That Are A Little Less Busy Than Others, And That Was Just A Time When I Needed That. And To Be Back On A Sitcom Stage, With Julia [ Louis-dreyfus], Was Really, Really Fun.

I'd Never Been To Africa. This Really Was My First Film [the Lost World]. I'd Done 10 Years Of Stage. I'd Done A Little Bit Of Television. But This Was My First Film.

I Had Run Into Kari Lizer At An Airport, I Think, And She Said, "would You Come On The Show [ The New Adventures Of Old Christine]?" And I Said, "god. Absolutely."

The Three Main Leads [in Townies] Were Lauren [ Graham] And Jenna [elfman] And Molly [ringwald], And Then Ron Livingston Was On It As Well. There Was A Lot Of People To Write Funny Stuff For.

As A Television Actor, There's A Power You're Given To Use Your Image To Do Something Valuable. As A Parent, These Messages Are Particularly Important To Me.