I went and looked at all Mark's work. He can get huge laughs and not imitate Jim Carrey. The bonus is the emotional reality of Mark. It's a given that he'd be there in a crunch for his leading lady.

I went and looked at all Mark's work,

I noticed I had developed a fantasy about myself as a writer as opposed to actually doing it [so] I finally summoned up the bad taste to move to Los Angeles.

That was very intentional on my part. ... There was something very intriguing about a love story that deals with the physical and metaphysical worlds. Then adding Reese and Mark to the equation just seemed to make it all the more charming.

I attribute [success] to having the background of just loving the great stories of the world-and that's what makes the most successful films-combined with my trashy, vulgar appreciation of all that is modern Hollywood.

I don't have a problem with it. I just want to know how it's all going to work. Is Theo going to be the bottom line when it comes to trade decisions and stuff? Just tell me how it's going to work.