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.

I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head.

The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone.

One thing I'm most proud of, in my movies, is that I think the performances are super-strong, but that's not all me. I think part of it is casting appropriately.

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.

There are just things you can explore in a movie that you can't in 22 minutes with a laugh track.

You can say something that can really help and actor and you can say something that can really get in the way of an actor's performance, kind of cut them off from their instincts and really get into their heads. And every actor's different. Every actor requires something different. Being an actor, for me, was the greatest training to be a writer and director.