As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.

Sometimes we all make relationships more complicated than they necessarily have to be.

But usually I'll wake up and start writing about nine o'clock. I'll probably write for about three hours, and I'll do that over the next month and a half.

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 was always attracted to the past as a kid.

As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.