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With directing, you always have three or four things constantly on the go. It's a tough industry and a tough time, particularly if you're doing things a little outside the box or independent features.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance.

Directing takes a lot of time.

There's no lack of talent out there. I suspect there is a lack of creative guidance, and that would not be solely the responsibility of a director but also a producer.

I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just casting well and then shaping their performances a bit, you know.

Directing is not a job. It's more like a career. Which is great!

I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.

I think, in a lot of ways, directing is puppeteering. I guess I see a lot of analogies between what puppeteers and filmmakers do. There's something about creating life out of things that have no life.