James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.
But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story.
When you're playing the same dirty dozen night after night, the moments that keep it fresh are those when you just let go and trust everyone.

