I Completely Bombed The Audition...

Something That Has Always Attracted Me To Even Taking On The Occupation Of Actor Is The Idea That I Could Be Lucky Enough To Portray Different Characterizations From Different Places In The World, Whether It's Speaking Another Language Or Taking On A Dialect And Building A History From Where They Were Born. I Was Very Attracted To That Concept, In Becoming An Actor.

The Most Difficult Thing About Acting And Directing In A Film Is Acting And Directing In A Film. Every Ounce Of Your Physical And Emotional Being, And Your Analytical And Thoughtful And Producorial Being, Is Being Exercised At All Points. You Are 100% Working On Overdrive, But Because It Is Only For X Amount Of Days, If You Have The Stomach For It, You Hustle Through. It's A Massive Undertaking, And I Think Preparation Is The Key To Success For That Endeavor.

I Learned How To Direct By Being In The Trenches Of Movies. Getting To Be A Student From The Inside Looking Out, And If You're A Respectful Observer You Can Sponge Lots Of Information. That Was My Film School.

I Am Lactose Intolerant, And I Always Thought It Was Really Funny How People Who Are Lactose Intolerant Continue To Eat Dairy, Because They Like It So Much. And I Find It Not Acceptable.

I'll Be Totally Honest In That I Feel Tremendously Lucky That I Am Offered Incredible Jobs All The Time To Direct, But The Problem That I Have Just Personally Is That There Are Only So Many Years In My Life To Dedicate To Certain Projects. When You're Directing Something That's Generally Two Years Of Your Life, You Have To Understand That. If I'm Going To Pour That Kind Of Love And Energy And Sweat And Heartache, All That Juju Into Something, I'm Going To Lean Into My Own Projects Before Someone Else's.