The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.
I had just had small parts in other films, and I'd worked with a lot of directors in TV.
You need a very, exceptionally clear vision. And to me, a vision is something that you can say in one sentence. The fewer the words the better.

