Barry Levinson

When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.

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

A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.