I'd done a ton of movies here in Hollywood, and I realized that every movie I'd done was somebody's else's work and someone else's vision.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Hollywood's a big place, and they make all sorts of different movies. Some movies I'm attracted to; a lot of the movies I'm not. But there are some terrifically talented people over there that I'd love to work with.
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.
I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.
I've done many different movies in many different contexts.
I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker, and then I kind of drifted over to the acting side after that. I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.
I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.
I came to the industry with wide eyes and an open heart thinking I was going to make a few films that really meant something that I could pour myself into.
I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path.
Me, as a moviegoer, before being a filmmaker, I try to think about what movie I would like to see.
If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.