And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Being an actor started me writing, and that led to directing.
I had to study acting to basically educate myself.
I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.
It was the desire to do the complete thing. I only took taking acting lessons because my whole thing, really, was to direct. But my first jobs were acting jobs.
When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.
Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself.
I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.
Acting is just something I always knew I wanted to do - acting and writing.
Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.