About four years ago I wanted to do a piece that explored the idea of somebody changing their life completely by getting out of the acting business. I wanted to dramatize that moment of crisis when you stop in order to question what you are doing. Over the years the idea evolved into something less pretentious, a rather self-mocking look at the way actors behave in these circumstances. You could call it a comic look at existential despair.
Films can often benefit by being made that way.
I feel strongly that it is important to keep practicing what you do, not just making a film every 2-3 years, and it s important to try new things. I enjoyed the swiftness of the shoot, I enjoyed the challenge of having the finite amount of time within which to make it work and because of the lack of money, one s ingenuity had to work in a particular way which I think keeps you fresh. Yes, very much. I slept longer and found that I enjoyed the directing in a different way. I still find directing much more difficult than acting.