As a first-time director, you act a lot like a teenager. I made decisions because I was hotheaded. My skin broke out. I was trying to understand who I am.
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I don't consider myself a flashy director. A lot of times, people will look and don't even know what I do.
When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.
Sometimes, when you work with directors who have done it a lot and are established in the business and know the game, there are all these rules that they have. First-time directors will allow you to come in with choices. They're not so jaded by actors that they're like, 'Ugh, just do your job, man.'
That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.
The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.
It's funny because I've resisted acting as a career for most of my life. But both my parents told me if I ever want to direct, I should act first because no director should direct until they know what it's like to be in the actor's shoes.
That's the fun part about being a director. You get to say, 'Oh, now that I'm in charge, I can try and cast whoever I want.' They can always say no, but that's okay.
I started as a director and just fell upon acting.
Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.
I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.