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I have no desire to direct at all. I know how much pressure it is, and, trust me, it's so much easier and so much more fun to be an actor.

I love acting, and I have no desire to direct.

As an actor, it's hard to direct because, suddenly, you're not around. The thing which I hate about directing is the waiting game, but you've really got to wait it out and be resilient and keep it going and keep everybody motivated.

I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.

As an actor, I don't want to do something which I have already done before.

Every actor wants to direct.

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow that collaboration, I can't see why I would ever want to direct.

I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.