"Until somebody says different, and I will be directed by the chairman, I will continue to work here".
Even if I don't work in my own films, I'll be directing.
And I'll be directing quite a bit of work, too.
"I've got that movie I'm going to be in, and I have to work on the screenplay of this movie I'll be directing, and there's always 'Yo!,' and I got to get this video going," he said when we had finally left the Edwardian Room and were standing outside the revolving doors.
I know where I'll be directing to family and friends asking me what I want for Christmas.
[Laughs, seemingly amazed.] Well, I'll be directing one producton each year.
MJF: After we open, I'll be directing video content for some online magazines, choreographing a film project, and teaching dance and dance for camera at studios and universities.
I recently saw a clip of me on [a British talk show] just after 'Trainspotting' and he asked me, 'Where will you be in 20 years time?' I said, 'I'll be directing and acting.' I was right!" If McGregor felt daunted by taking on such a monumental novel, he didn't show it on the set.
Or let me put it this way: I make a tidy living writing studio screenplays; an indie movie just came out that I wrote and directed; and if all goes well, I'll be directing another of my scripts in the near future -- all of which has led me to seriously question the Sisyphean endeavor that is playwriting.
Dave Biggers, the chief executive of A La Mode, a maker of software for appraisers, said, "It's like telling me I can steal as long as I 'recognize' that complaints will be directed to the police".
