When I was coming up with the Hal Hartley films, I was cast as a no one. I had no name visibility. I was working at a downtown post-performance-art, avant garde theater company and doing a couple things on television. But I was a total unknown.

I would say no company has a lot of visibility past a couple of quarters – all you can have is a framework. No question that going out a couple of years is really hard to do, and the level of certainty you can predict two years from now is lower than even what you can predict in the current quarter.

My mother was Irish; she had this great sense of humor, and both my parents loved films. There was a very vibrant discourse about politics and everything that was going on in the world where I grew up. So I was genetically predisposed to go into the performing arts.

I've enjoyed the time I've had working on films. I've enjoyed television movie-of-the-week format. I've enjoyed the few comedies that I've done, and I've enjoyed one-hour television.

I have a production company called Home Theater Films which makes faith-based films.

Working with the cast of 'Glee' was inspiring. To be around a group of kids who work so hard and love what they do is so refreshing.