As Time Goes On, I Will Play

I'd Like To Work More As A Director. It's Distracting Being An Actor, Because - There's A Lot Of Reasons. You Find Out You're Going To Work About Six Months Before You Start Shooting, And Then There's Prep And There's Post Afterward, And There's Stuff To Do, And Then Suddenly You've Gone A Year Without Directing. There's A Part Of Me That Has To Not Be Tempted By That In Order To Commit More To The Directing. Honestly, The Big Reason For Me To Act Is To Observe Other Directors And Learn From Them. That Seems To Be The Biggest Draw.

I Can't Imagine Ever Not Doing [acting]. I Would Feel Like I Would Have Lost A Limb. But I Am Older Now, And Sometimes I Wonder Who I Would Have Been And What About Me Would Have Changed Had I Not Had These Experiences As A Young Person

As An Actor, I'm Attracted To Drama; As A Director, It's Humor - Because It's The Story Of My Life, And I Can't Be That Serious About It. Being Alone Is A Big Theme In All My Movies, Both As A Director And As An Actress.

It Was A Weird Moment In My Life And A Weird Experience [doing A Theater]. It Made Me Think, "gee, I Don't Know If I Ever Want To Do This Again." And I Love Theater. I Love Going. I Love The Experience Of Theater. But I Am Not Sure It's For Me.

I'd Like To Be Dakota Fanning When I Get Young.