It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them as experiments or genre exercises at all.

A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises.

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.

Confidence is preparation in action.

I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles.

You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer.