I've had a couple opportunities where I've been on the other side of the audition process as a director.

For me, each one of those experiences stands on its own. The first one was with Steven Spielberg, who helped me to get an agent and vouch for me, and that gave me the confidence to continue.

I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a good muscle for shaking it off.

The idea of it [Star Wars] is really exciting, but the most fun part is the actual job you get to do: the character that you get to play, the people that you work with, the day-to-day experience.

Their way of working [the Coen brothers] is always kept pretty mysterious. I was so curious to see how they make these movies. It was just such a joy - they seem to have so much fun making their movies.

[ Woody Allen] persona in the films are so iconic; it's like on par with Groucho Marx or something like that.

Warren [Beatty] did a very cool thing, where he directs in character.