After A Brief Period In Which I

I've Always Been Attracted To Ensembles. When I Started Doing Plays In High School And In College, I Always Loved The Community Aspect Of It. I Loved These Little Families That Would Develop.

I'm A Little Less Hungry As An Actor Than I Used To Be. When You're A Director, You're The Conductor Of The Orchestra, And When You're An Actor, You're Playing The Violin. There's A Thrill To Each Of Them, But As The Conductor, You Get The Fuller Sound.

Everyone Has Expectations. You Just Don't Want To Have Them Dashed, So You're Quiet About Them.

I Remember The First Day I Was Looking At My Hands And I Thought About My Nails. People Wouldn't Really Be Paying Attention To That, But A Civil War Doctor - What Would They Be Doing With Their Nails? Would They Cut Them Really Low? And Dr. Burns Said, "no, They Would Let Them Grow Out So They Can Scoop Stuff Out. They Would Use Their Nails." So For A While I Let My Nails Grow. They Were Too Long. I Kept Stabbing Myself By Accident, So I Cut Them Down, But I Was Trying To Be Faithful To The Details.

In Writing Scripts Now, Having Made A Film, I'm Much More Conscious Of What It Means To Shoot And Edit A Movie, And That Affects The Writing.