My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.
I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.
I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.
I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director. I know that I've definitely found what I should be doing with my life. In my life, as far as my career goes, I always felt, as an actor, that it was something that would just be a temporary thing that would get me to what I wanted to do next. That's what my acting did.
I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.
Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.
I'm an actor; I'm not a director.