I like to challenge myself. I like to learn - so I like to try new things and try to keep growing.
You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.
I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.
I had a mustache when I was 13.
I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success.
If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy.
It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60.
And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years.
When I was six years old, my parents took me to this farmers' market with a petting zoo. They put me on a pony and, for some reason, it took off at a run and they had to chase it down. They tell me it was kind of traumatic.
I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships.
I think the other honest attraction was that I just grew up loving watching TV and loving watching film, and there's so many directors and actors that I dreamed of working with, I just really wanted to take a crack at it and see if I could ever work with some of those.
You know, I grew up watching all kinds of films. So, as an adult, I wanted to be involved in all kinds of plays and television and film.
I can't go anywhere without being recognized. I'm.
Directing is something I always wanted to do. I started when I was 13 directing scenes in high school and then plays in college with my theatre company.
'Friends', even though it was the longest single job I've had, still to me at the end of the day, when it was over it was a job.
And, again, I'm the first one to say that I'm not going be successful at everything.
London is completely unpredictable when it comes to weather. You'll start a scene, and it's a beautiful morning. You get there at 6 in the morning, set up, you start the scene, start shooting. Three hours later, it is pitch black and rainy.
I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.
If someone doesn't believe enough in your product to put money in to it, then you should rethink how good the product is.
My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. They're both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going.
