As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into what I feel like I should have been doing all along.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.
I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.
I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.
What's been nice is that I've been able to direct from a very idealistic place. I've never had to make my living as a director, which gave me a chance to choose material I feel passionate about. The directing allows me to not have to grab any acting role that comes along. I can pick and choose a little bit.
As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do things and work with good people.
I really feel that I'm a much better director than I was an actor.
Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been there and knowing how much is really being asked of actors that helps me.
As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.
I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.