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It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative control as possible.

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.

I always say to my agents, you go through one of these big kind of movies, everyone makes money, but like, I said, 'I'm the one who's gotta go make it, and if I don't have my heart in it, and it's like a love affair, I'm not going to do a good job. Then, and I don't want to just get paid. I just, I don't want to do that.'

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.

My agent and I try to be picky with roles so that I can drive my career in different directions and be different, creative characters. I want to be an actor for the rest of my life and to have fun with my career. So I told him that I wish I could do a movie that already has a fan base. And then 'Twilight' came along!

It's funny: I've been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don't really have an agent - I don't really pursue jobs, I let people come to me.

I just kind of feel like it's my choice to do what I want to do. And my agent, he's totally with it. He tells me, 'You can turn down any audition you don't want to.'