A few years ago, when I had no work and started believing that films weren't a viable career, I thought of finding another job. I started training and riding horses and got consumed by that. It was a boon in disguise.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Making films has never just been a job to me; it is my life. I have some interests outside of acting - I sing and I've written books, for instance - but acting is what keeps me going: it's what I do; it gives life purpose.
I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.
I had no interest in really becoming an actress or doing that kind of thing... I just knew that I wanted to do something in making films.
I started to make some commercials, which was a way for me to finally make a living at last. But it was only really a couple of films in that it looked like a viable career option.
The luxury that I have is I'm not career-minded, I just live from one film to the next. For a time, I was making documentaries, and all my documentaries were winning awards and stuff, and then I lost interest in documentaries.
I've had a lazy career. Sometimes one film a year, sometimes none. I'm walking around in the street and doing this other thing, living, that I'm much more interested in. I just do some acting on the side.
I just did one movie and there was no career for me, anyway.
I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path.
I never did films for the money or because I needed to buy a house or car. I do it because I love my job.
That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.