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When I'm writing a movie, it's usually pretty close to what the movie is going to be, which is just a luxury of being a writer-director.

I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.

I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

With movies, so much of it is, 'Who is the human being that is going to be directing it?' Because it is their medium. In a way, you are serving the director, and when it is someone that you feel you can have a lot of confidence in, it can make a big difference.

Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor.

I'll work with a director if I think I'm going to get into a comfortable situation, and if it's someone I respect and who respects me, even if they're not so well known. Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best.

There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.

Movies alone have the hideous capacity to do everything for you. So in directing movies, you have to figure how to leave things out - because when you leave things out, you evoke the imaginative participation of the audience.