The reflexive allergy to L.A. that a lot of New Yorkers have, I feel like it's kind of nonsense.

I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.

I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the orchestra, and when you're an actor, you're playing the violin. There's a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound.

Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.

There's that great Bill Hicks line - the comedian - where he says, "Are you proud to be an American?" "I don't know. It's just where my parents had sex."

We are so vocal about what we hate.