I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell.

Feature filmmaking is a different kind of complication as documentary comes in the editing room.

Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.

Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And it's the classic, cathartic thing. You get to indulge in a lifestyle you're not part of, a tragic error leads to a downfall, and you get to say, 'Thank God I'm not him.'

I never went to college to make money.

Fortunately and unfortunately, what I love entails, and makes, a lot of money.

Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college.

The day the producers aren't minting money, or the fans are done with me and, most of all, I as a person get bored of acting, I will stop and pursue my other interests. There is a lot to do: painting, writing, direction.