Personally, my taste is towards development of a character, as well as the resolution of a story plot. I like to find both, if I can.

You learn a lot about a person when you work together.

Personally, my taste is towards development of a character, as well as the resolution of a story plot. I like to find both, if I can.

Life is not just one dark moment after another.

I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script.

I was dishwasher, then promoted to chef in a local kitchen in a restaurant in Seattle, and I was working on a building site as well, putting in insulation and painting houses, and then doing some classes at a community college nearby.

In the same way that Shakespeare was writing very much for his time, he was also unearthing observations that would last for generations beyond him.