I've never had a "hankering" to direct. I can perform, but I can't write on that level. I tend to go off on tangents. Directing also requires a kind of specificity and I don't have it.

Clouds are like boogers hanging on the nostrils of the moon.

Directing requires great discipline, that ability to be in and out at the same time. The great ones I've worked with are like generals. It's a bit like a small war on that level. The great ones have that combination of freedom and control. I'm nowhere near that. There's still so much to do as an actor. I have enough to explore with that.

I wonder what chairs think about all day: "Oh, here comes another asshole."

You'd think all of these "atypical" somethings would add up to a typical something

It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.

Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.