People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

When you're acting, you're subjective; when you're a director, you're more objective.You're kind of watching from the outside and helping others, and therefore I learn my mistakes through others, and also my assets through others.

If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft.

To act well isn't an easy thing.

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

Ultimately, all characters have some negative and positive energies. That's just how I see it. I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.

I think good art, if I could be pretentious enough to say, I think good art deals with the micro to explain the macro.