The First Instinct Is Love.

There Is No Re-inventing The Wheel.

Whatever I Was Able To Do With Those Experiences Certainly Contribute To Whatever I'm Able To Do As A Director. The Corruption In That Is That Most Of What I Acted In The Last 10 Years Was To Steal Film School Time From These Guys. Those Were The People I Thought I Could Learn From As A Director.

One Of The Reasons People Sell Out So Quickly Is Because Even The Talented Think They're Frauds. It's A Culture That Doesn't Encourage People To Believe In The Work They Do. You're Told To Second-guess Yourself All The Time. That's Where I Think A Little Hostility And Arrogance Can Save You. And I've Never Been Lacking For Either.

When You Act In A Film, You're Inevitably Surrounded By People You Didn't Choose, Right Down To The Set Painter. I Like Being Able To Pick The Family I'm Waking Up To In The Morning That's Going To Make This Group Effort To Tell A Story That Applies To What's Interesting To Me At That Stage In My Life.

I Think That I've Still Not Been Successful At Playing The Role Of The Retired Actor, And I'd Like To Work On That.