I come from a very expressive family, so it's really not surprising that we became actors. There was a lot of real-life drama in our house. Some of it was drama, some of it was comedy and some of it was comic-tragedy.

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

The romance stuff is easy. A sex scene... that's hard, because you don't know what to do. Those scenes are awkward.

When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads.

I've always liked clothes. I usually work very closely with the costume designer when I work on films, picking the fabrics and the clothes. And colors convey feelings. I like swatches and things like that. It makes me feel at home.

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

When you're directing, it is a little easier, because when you're the actor, you have a to be a little more of a child. You have to get into the child's aspect of your personality a little bit more.