As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do things and work with good people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.
I didn't plan to be a director until I was 35. For years I wanted to do anything but!
I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general.
Every little opportunity and chance that I get to be on a set, to be a director, to utilize the skill sets that I already have and to learn what I don't know, and to see how I can improve upon that is just a really great opportunity for me.
I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.
I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.
Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.
I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went to school. Actors will tell you I'm very precise. I just have the intuition of doing things.
As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite nicely into what I feel like I should have been doing all along.
I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.