I conducted a bunch of interviews for Interview magazine. They actually paid me. I think I was probably 18 or 19. I was in college and I remember feeling, like, "Wow." I had a real job, and they paid me money, and it was exciting.

As time goes on, I will play characters who get older: I don't want to be some Botoxed weirdo.

Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.

Caitriona Balfe, who is Irish, is also in my movie. I asked her to play her Irish accent in the movie, but her own brogue is so faint that I had to keep pumping it up.

I did a couple of plays in junior high school, maybe high school, and then I did a play in college.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.