I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.

I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.

Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made.

Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some improvisational stuff and we used to get laughs and things.