I think it's important to have had at least a few years of obscurity, where people treat you like everybody else.

I can get around pretty easily. People don't expect to see me walking around.

I always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they're energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people. They're nice people, you know. Aggressive, and I respect that aggressiveness because you need it in their situation.

It's a very stressful thing, directing a movie. You have the budget, you have the schedule, you are in certain confines, and you have everybody giving you advice about what to do.

As an actor who's starting out, you can't say, "Hey, I'm too good for this." You gotta do it, because people see you, your name gets around, and it has a cumulative effect.

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way.