And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days.

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing.

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition.

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

He was using me. When he cast me in Sideways I was nothing but a vessel.

Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span.

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life.

But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie.