Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

You learn every single day when youre running a company. You learn as you go.

Its a really wonderful thing to focus your life on something other than your own personal career and ambition.

I was terrible in my first play. After that experience, I had to face that I wasnt good enough to play with the big boys. I had to go away and learn, so I worked in regional theater for three years. I even understudied at the Kennedy Center.

There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know: the Hamlets or the Henry Vs or the Othellos or the Cleopatras that we've seen on stage.

Stay true to your brand and true to your voice and audiences will respond to that authenticity with enthusiasm and passion.

There are two things that have been happening over the last few decades in my opinion. First, there have been unbelievable, remarkable, pioneering advances in technology and, second, an equal amount of evolution in creativity. These two shifts are meeting at an intersection.