I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
By the time I grew up, acting just seemed like something I'd already done. I had absolutely no interest in it, even though some people thought it would be my calling.
It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.
All I ever wanted to do was act.
I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong.
I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.
I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal.
I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well.
I just wanted to act. I didn't want to do anything else.
I always wanted to act.
The urge to act became the overriding force in my life. It thrilled me. There's a moment with acting when you're in the groove, and you and what you're trying to do are seamlessly one. That happens sometimes, and I'm really happy it can happen to me.