The nightmare of a film career, or at least the challenge of one, is that you're rarely going to get the opportunity to explore character because once people see you in one thing, you know, they want to see that again.

I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.

I had been to New Mexico many times. I loved it. It's a very exotic, interesting, severely crazy environment. I don't know if I could live there all year. It's such an intense place.

When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.