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I'm a pretty hands-off director. I let people try things, and if it gets over-jokey, then I'll try and rein it in a little bit.

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

As a first-time director, you act a lot like a teenager. I made decisions because I was hotheaded. My skin broke out. I was trying to understand who I am.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

For me, being a director is about watching, not about telling people what to do. Or maybe it's like being a mirror; if they didn't have me to look at, they wouldn't be able to put the make-up on.

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.

I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don't need to act to feel myself alive.

As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do.