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You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

As a director, we work ridiculously hard on every detail, and we do everything to the billionth degree, and mostly people notice nothing.

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.

When I can see things through the lens of the director, it's like being able to see the whole puzzle - it's not just about my role, but the whole script.

When the director has a vision for a piece that I've never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals, and they talk a good game, I get really interested in the world that they're trying to create.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props and so on.