If you want to say something, live life, travel, see the world, have your own voice. I had a thirst for adventure. I'm a voracious reader. You are what you absorb.
I never held a job too long. That was key to my success. Others get used to having a lot of money, but you'll die as an artist. I lived like a rat, but I never got off point.
On the first day, I always do one scene that's just one take so that everybody takes what we're doing seriously.
My advice to first time directors: If you don't know something, bluff. Never waiver.