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I have been asked to direct many times and usually said no.

I don't like to direct myself.

The way I look at it is, if you don't want somebody to know something, don't say it. If you don't want them to see you do something, don't do it.

People don't really want to know what happens. They ask you for just a second, but then they don't want to know.

The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it's actually impossible.

The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.

I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. Because what I have to say, and what I'm interested in doing and communicating, is worthwhile enough that I don't want to muck it up with people being confused about where I'm really coming from.

I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.

If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they're going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That's just the way the world is.