Every character, no matter who you play, at times is pretending to be somebody else. People have a public face and a private face.

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

I'm interested in how people shoot because I have a very specific way of shooting and I'm fascinated by the way other people shoot films, particularly if they're smart and talented.

My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.

A dream that you don't fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life.

Every role is approached in exactly the same way, you have to make it believable and that's all. Acting is really serious, like, pretending really hard.

And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.