I mean, I like to be creative because it challenges me to try to be better than I am as a person and I hope that in some way that that makes someone else think and feel something about themselves that then has given them the opportunity to grow.

Just believe in yourself and to find spirituality that’s going to carry you. Because all the rest is just fluff.

I love actors who are wonderful - like John Cusack and Russell Crowe, and wouldn't it be a treat to eventually direct them one day.

But on stage you're able to just take the character from one point to the end and it's a fluid, organic piece. It's about being completely present all the time, right there in the moment.

Actually I have to say when I'm acting, I try not to think about directing at all.

I wouldn't say that I'm overly religious, but I have a pretty good relationship with my spiritual being.

And I think because there is an essence of me that cares about other people and what other people think then that then makes me seem very sweet and polite.