There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it. I like to be observing everything else, and I get self-conscious in front of the camera.
With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again. There's something all-consuming and addictive about that.
Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it.
Directing is a lot of fun, but you have to be on your toes every minute. If you zone out for even a second, you'll miss something and things will get screwed up. And here's a little secret that I'm going to let out of the bag: That is not the case with acting.
Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.
I've acted just to get to directing.
I love acting and will take all the time to continue to act. But sometimes I'd like to try my hand at directing.
Directing, what little I know, is as much knowing when to step in as when to step out.
I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.