Well, I wasn't just kind of standing in a queue at McDonald's and someone sat down and said, 'You're the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie.' I've been working in commercials for ten years.

Though both Sanders and Ross are British they moved to Los Angeles to further Sanders' career. Stewart and Sanders responded by issuing separate public apologies. Personal life
Sanders married model Liberty Ross sister of Oscar-winning composer Atticus Ross in 2002.