JA: No, because I don't know anything about film directing. So I actually come at it exactly the same way I come at acting. I'm just doing it for a hundred people instead of one. The only thing I keep learning is where to put the camera. And to me, it's just guesswork. I come at it from a stage background and I go "What's the best seat in the house for this?" The camera for me becomes a dance partner to the actors. If I move a camera, it's because a character's inner life is moving the camera. The actor can give you the external, and hopefully the camera will give you the internal.
THC: How does directing fit in to your career?
JA: It fits in where it fits in. If somebody said you could be the most successful director in the world but you could never act again, I'd say "Pass!" But I gave up trying to orchestrate a career.
THC: Any projects on the horizon?
JA: The only thing I can tell you has to happen is that I know I'll pull a Michael Richards and do my own show, probably next fall.
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