You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even the names, Kal-El and Jor-El, you can trace lines to the background of the creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, both Jewish. Overall, there was a remarkable confluence of events that led to the medium and the Jewish participation.

I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things.

We were just emerging from the Depression. Superman started in 1938. Batman started in 1939. So, we were just recovering.

Even though at 17 it was limited, I had a life before Batman.

It's very difficult to make comedy work; I think it's a very underrated genre.

It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy.

I think there's something so funny about Ram Dass. I was lucky enough to sit across from him at dinner once, and I got up the courage to tell him that he was my favorite comedian. Even though he's not a comic, he talks about showbiz in a certain way and understands that there's a presentation to it.

I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.