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I worked as an actor for many years. Then I segued to some non-fiction writing.

I started writing because I wasn't getting things as an actor.

The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get a bit more cerebral and escape into characters and the world of characters. But now I guess I escape into stories about 'Wilfred.'

I don't like waiting around for work, and sometimes as an actor you're forced into that position, so that's sort of how I got into writing, producing and directing.

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.

I feel very blessed in my career to have been able to bounce back and forth between different things, television and film, comedies and some dramas, but I am, um, as long as the script inspires me and there good people, that's it. I'm in.

I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

I started out wanting to be an actor and I like to give actors as much as possible. I love writing stuff where they can really lose control.

My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing. There's a whole range of acting skills, and some people can be astonishing with very poor material. That's not me; my skill is essentially unlocking the writing.

TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers.