I’ve been an actor since I was a kid.

I approach directing from an actor’s standpoint.

There’s lots of incredible roles out there that I’d love to tackle, but there’s a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis – real transformational actors.

I think a lot of us can relate to not choosing to face a painful memory, and something that’s a painful past, and wanting to pretend like it never happened.

As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it’s about letting go.

CalArts was incredible for me. It’s a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

I’d say I’m definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint.

I love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.