I have too many control issues, so it just is not good for me to go and watch a film, too soon after I make it.

For me, obviously anything that reduces the amount of acting required and makes the process more of an experience, rather than having to synthesize, is incredibly helpful. There were definitely some hardships and some challenges, but eventually all of those hardships and challenges had a positive effect on the work.

Television is all about sound. You'll never get a moment of silence unless there's something really extraordinary going on, on screen, visually. They never let a moment of silence pass without being filled in television because it's a very sound-driven medium.

I find aspects of the industry tedious and hard to manage.

Most people that work in [show] business, if they're not gypsies by nature, become gypsies, just because of the reality of this business.

In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet

No, I do a bunch of things to entertain myself. I paint, I make music, I take photographs.