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

Directing is something that I'd been wanting and hoping to do, as I've grown into myself.

I already love acting and I love actors, so being able to communicate with actors and to bring performances out of them, and to tell a story and aid them, is really exciting for me.

As you get older and you hopefully battle your own demons, you find other reasons why you want to be an actor. The people that I truly admire do this because they love telling stories and they love the make-believe of the moment and not so much the gratification afterwards.

The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters.

I actually like acting in things that I'm directing because I'm able to control the tone of how a scene may go and I know, very clearly, what I want from myself in that scene and what I need, as far as from a directorial standpoint.

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.