I'd Love To Try My Hand At

It Was Mainly To Do With Helen Hunt, To Be Honest. That's What Drew My Attention To It. I Was Interested In The Fact That She Was Going To Be Directing. I'd Never Met Her But She Projects A Degree Of Intelligence And It Was Convincing T Me That She'd Be Able To Handle This Sort Of Material Very Well.

So, I Think There's A Danger That Good Stuff Can Fall By The Wayside If It Doesn't Conform To Formula. But I Think It Comes Down To Money And They Just Don't Know Where It's Going If They Haven't Got Any Precedent.

Something Like Shakespeare In Love, Which Became Such An Established Hit That It Now Seems Like A Foregone Conclusion... But It Really Wasn't. The Script Was Around For A Very, Very Long Time And Had People Chickening Out All The Time.

Most Actors Will Tell You They Have Some Sort Of Dream Of Doing Something Other Than What They're Doing.

I Don't Think It's Aiming At Gags, I Think The Humour Is Woven Into It. It's Part Of How The Characters Operate And How They Deal With Disaster Because They're Worldly Enough To Have A Bit Of Irony And Wryness About Their Own Circumstances. So, I Think The Humour Comes Out Of That.