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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you feel like you're in the way.

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.

When I feel like being a director, I write a novel.

When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.

A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I disappear.

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

It's always great when a director is just supportive of what you're doing. They're not so much critiquing you but giving you more ideas, giving you tons of things to work with, making you question your character and making you think about it... and making it seem like everything is limitless. That usually helps a lot.

It's very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should be.