I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

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

I hate movies that take a long time to shoot or directors that labor over every shot or do excessive amounts of coverage and excessive takes and don't keep things moving or constantly cutting.

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

It's different if you're a painter. You can hidethe ones that don't work. You can't do that with movies. They tellthe story of who you are at the time, and that's the wonderful thingabout it.

I'm pretty much a character-driven film director and my movies are smaller. I don't do a lot of coverage. I use lots of master shots.

If you feel safe then you can go wherever you want to go as an actor.