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Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.

Movies should make people uncomfortable sometimes.

To think one film makes a career is ridiculous. It's important to keep perspective and do things other than for money.

In the beginning, I was actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be an actor.

It's an embarrassment of riches because you have directors who don't better. You end up with so much stuff going on the screen that you don't know where to look, and that's what I consider self-indulgent.

It's a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do - you're proud of it - and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable.

I pretend that I was never in the movies. The only job I had before was selling prawns door to door. That's what I tell myself. My kids have never seen my films. I'm too embarrassed to show them.

Somewhere after you have few successful films, there is a fear of losing what you have got. It is very easy in the beginning, as you are a risk taker, have nothing to lose, and there is no perception about you.

First time films are hard. Even with some of the greatest directors, you look back at their first film, and you are just going, 'That movie is kind of bad.'

It's embarrassing, isn't it? It took me 15 years to make an 18-minute movie.