There is a joke that I use all the time. I say it to my kids. I used to say it to my wife. She'd be talking to me about something very serious and then I would just look at her and go "Where are you from originally?" And she would go "Humphhh! C'mon. That's terrible!"

I was always attracted to the past as a kid.

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.

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.

So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

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.