Directing is all tied up with childhood loneliness. It's such an odd thing to end up doing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.
With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again. There's something all-consuming and addictive about that.
The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.
Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.
What I'm having is this conflict in my life right now, that in New York, I see my directing friends and I see acting friends and they've all got this level of passion about either or both of those directions that I've never really found myself having.
Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
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 love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.
Directing was a natural thing for me. Actually, it was far less stressful directing than being the lead actor. I was able to have my input in all aspects of it.