One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors.

At a certain level, great actors who are successful actors don't have to worry about it. They can just go for it because they believe in themselves.

As an artist, you're always trying to reach a new height, do something new, try something you haven't done before, and push your boundaries.

Skyline is an alien invasion film that really takes an interesting look at the genre. The writers did an amazing job of creating a new take at how life from other planets come and plan to invade Earth.

I believe in my own abilities and my future enough that I will not take a job that could hurt the integrity of my long-term career.

Stepping out of the director's chair completely and into a scene as an actor was weird. It was more excitement about directing than anything, but I was on a high from being a director and enjoying that process so much that going back to being an actor was almost secondary because I really was loving directing.

Having been an actor, I always want to leave room for the actors to find their comfort zone, so I don't like to be too rigid in how I plan my shots. It's different if you have weeks to rehearse and you can rehearse on your sets or in your locations and you can plan that out with your actors, but in modern independent filmmaking, you don't really have that time. You have to have a certain level of improvisation.