My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players, bands that play quiet, unassuming music, and TV shows that win awards. In that way, I am an elitist snob.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

I would never encourage my children to be athletes - first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate.

I like to feel that I understand little things about sports.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.