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When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.

Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward.

You can't always expect to work with a director who guarantees success.

My career is based primarily upon finding a balance with a director and their vision, and that means sublimating my own personal ego toward their material.

Sucking up to a director means you are unsure of your talents. I'm not.

I surrender to my directors. I do that because I respect them immensely. In fact, a director's talent scares me. I admit that they're more intelligent than me, and I submit to that, as an assistant director does. Even when I have suggestions to make, I don't state them strongly.

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

The honest truth is - and I have felt this way forever - is my largest competitor is myself. Always. I am intimidated by my own hang-ups about acting more so than anything, any part, any director.

When you're a director, you really live whatever you do.

Oddly, in a sense, I still have more confidence as a director than my ability as a writer. Somehow, directing is just really easy. It's just about being really honest about how you feel about what you're seeing.