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I was always interested in film, but I never knew how to go about becoming a filmmaker.

I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.

I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made much of a difference to me what medium I worked in.

I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school.

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.