I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship.

I dont see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can.

I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship.

I think I'm a little more daunted by when the machinery of the play is really huge.

In Chekhov, when people leave, a carriage is taking them away forever. The stakes are so high just for someone to make a simple exit. And now we have all this access to public transportation, automobiles and jets and the Internet; we're so easily distracted, but the world is still designed to destroy you. It just happens quicker and faster now.

Whenever I've been in rehearsals, it's really fun, there's always laughing.

I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, "well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct".