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The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

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

With directing, you always have three or four things constantly on the go. It's a tough industry and a tough time, particularly if you're doing things a little outside the box or independent features.

I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other directors, and you know the way that you would like to be directed.

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

Part of the process of acting in a film that you're also directing is really trusting the people around you to capture your vision, which hopefully you have communicated well to them.

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly.

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.