I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.

I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.

I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy.

People who have never done theatre before, and have only worked in front of a camera, would find it very difficult, I think, to know how to command a stage and work with the logistics of being on stage. They're very different. The theatre is quite tricky, actually.

I think a good director is a good listener.

I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script.