I make two movies a year to take care of the butcher and the baker and the school fees. Then I try to write, but it's not that easy. Acting is what's easy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Acting is always going to be number one, but what I learned in film school, I want to make that happen too, so I'm going to actually start working on my own.
Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.
As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
I haven't really focused so much on getting acting work.
Acting is just something I always knew I wanted to do - acting and writing.
I have a nice little movie career, and I write plays and do my act.
My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best of writing. There's a whole range of acting skills, and some people can be astonishing with very poor material. That's not me; my skill is essentially unlocking the writing.
If acting doesn't work out I'd love to produce, direct, or write.
The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.
I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.