I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big budget or studio or independent, as long as it's got a story that's compelling and there's enough money to make the picture.

I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.

Every time I act in something, I learn something about what the director is doing. One feeds the other.

Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact.

New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they have to go, and it's been that way since the first skyscraper.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.