But The Reason I Became, Why I

I Was Never The Ingenue Or The Pretty Girlfriend Of Tom Cruise In A Movie. I Didn't Have That Career, So I Don't Have To Compete On That Level.

I Think It's Important That When People Are Struggling, That You Not Run Away From Them If You Love Them. Kristen, I Mean, I Look At The Room Tonight, You Know, Kristen Stewart And Claire Danes, Jennifer Lawrence, All These Young Women That I Worked With Who Basically Were Child Actors Like I Was A Child Actor. And Then I Feel Very Protective Of Them, Because Even Though I Think I Have Managed To Get Through The Process Relatively Sanely, I Have My Scars, And I Hope To Be In Some Ways A Member Of Their Family That's Out There Protecting Them.

I Don't Really Think I Have The Personality. I Am Not Very External. I Don't Want To Dance On The Table And Do Impressions. So I Think That The Way I Approach It Is Really Loving Story. That's My First Love - The Words. The Words And The Story And How To Create Images. I Guess I Come At That As A Director. I Think That's Much More In My Personality To Be A Director, So That's Kind Of Informed My Acting.

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.

It's A Skill That People Are Born With. Either You're A Focuser Or You're A Multitasky Person. I Am A Full-focus Person.