There's more pressure as a writer. As an actor you usually just go, do your job, and go home.

A career in film didn't seem like something I could attain. Whereas I grew up next to New York City, and I spent my life going into New York City seeing plays, and I was a theater actor in school. Acting on the stage felt really natural to me, and I liked it, and I wasn't terrible at it.

All love stories rest on the leads, and if they work, the show works, and if they don't, the show won't work, no matter how good the writing is.

Instead of waiting around for someone to give you a job, you have to go and create work for yourself. It took me a while to figure that out for myself.

My career's been a steady, interesting, weird, frustrating, fun journey at all different times.

I've followed Gary Oldman his whole career... I've watched the movies he's directed, like 'Nil by Mouth' - I've seen that five times!

I used to be a freelance journalist, so I had to write fast, but I always found writing nonfiction constraining. I like the freedom of fiction, where I get to invent everything, and tidy, conclusive endings are within my control.

Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps.