I believe in my own abilities and my future enough that I will not take a job that could hurt the integrity of my long-term career..

As you get older and you hopefully battle your own demons, you find other reasons why you want to be an actor. The people that I truly admire do this….

I think directors can be a little insensitive to how vulnerable an actor is, when he's giving a performance. Part of the job of an actor is to invite….

As an actor, most of the time, you only have so much say in how, what and where things go. As a director, you really get to paint a bigger picture. Y….

Directing is something that I'd been wanting and hoping to do, as I've grown into myself..

The beauty of every experience you have is that hopefully you'll learn something from it..

Unless you're a directing producer of a television show, for the most part, the director comes in one week to direct and episode, and then leaves. I'….

One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors..

As an artist, you're always trying to reach a new height, do something new, try something you haven't done before, and push your boundaries..

The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters..

A lot of why we become actors is to fill a void that we have and a part of that void is to live out and tell stories that we've lived or that we hope….

The minute you try to do something that is not true to you, is not something that you really know about, and is not a lifestyle or world that you liv….

I actually like acting in things that I'm directing because I'm able to control the tone of how a scene may go and I know, very clearly, what I want ….

I'd love to say that every move I make is completely calculated and I'm sitting on a pile of scripts, sifting through them for the perfect role, but ….

Skyline is an alien invasion film that really takes an interesting look at the genre. The writers did an amazing job of creating a new take at how li….

Having been an actor, I always want to leave room for the actors to find their comfort zone, so I don't like to be too rigid in how I plan my shots. ….

Stepping out of the director's chair completely and into a scene as an actor was weird. It was more excitement about directing than anything, but I w….

I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you have more control. O….

Nothing is worse for me, as an actor, than when I walk on a set and the director goes, "Okay, you're going to be standing here, the other person is g….

As an actor, I've always paid attention on sets. I've always watched, learned and listened, and you start to see things differently. You always leave….

I've had the experience of seeing what makes life easier for an actor and for the crew, and what makes it feel bogged down and challenging. We're all….