And the 90% they are not is what I do for a living.

Any good director creates a playground. That's what they do. They hire the right actor, open the door and let them play because stuff will happen, right then and there. The audience wants to believe that what's going on is happening for the first time, ever. That's what acting is. That's what good scene writing is.

God is a luxury I can't afford.

Everyone can walk and talk. Your job is to create magic.

If you don't trust yourself, you won't trust others. You make a choice and see where it goes.

You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way

I did theatrical caricatures.