"This is merely the first of ten children" - said on announcing that he and his wife Natalie (Dixie Chicks singer) are expecting their first child in April 2001. "I love directing. It's a different level of focus and a real mental challenge." "I had gotten so out of touch with reality that one day in 1992. I just sold my house at a $200,000.00 loss, moved back East, and put my money into T-bills. I spent the next year working behind the counter and running the cash register for room and board at Vandam Diner, a little lower east Manhattan diner, owned by a friend's father."