I think it's important to have a good sense of humor and joke around with your kids. That's what I do a lot.

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 don't like to move the camera that much anyway.

What's great is when you're working with somebody with whom you have a connection, it's exciting because there's a shorthand and you trust each other and you have a good time together on the set and so you can go a little farther than you might normally because you're with somebody that you trust.

As soon as the actor steps into the role, you probably can cut 50% of the lines because there's a person there now. And what a person does with their eyes, with their mouth, with their hands, the way they walk into a room, you can probably cut half the scene.

The smaller films just take a longer period of time to build their fan base because people don't see them as soon as they come out in the theater. They see them, after a period of years.

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