I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human.

So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals.

The other death for an actor is comparing yourself to other people: Forget someone else's path. Concentrate on your path. Otherwise, you get lost, and if you don't have joy in the work, forget it.

Hollywood -- that's where they give Academy Awards to Charlton Heston for acting.

I took individual photographs of Annie Liebovitz, I kept taking her picture.