neil labute.he other good directors i got to work with. >> john singleton. >> i asked him about directing. he said, i am not the director. i am the protector. i am here to protect my script. i have an idea. some ideas, there are not a lot of people to execute them. i we say, when it is time to hire directors come all want to get off the a-list, you might as well do it yourself. if fincher wants to direct me, i am right there. if alexander payne wants to direct me, please, you can have these headphones. if woody wants to direct me. >> but if not, you will direct yourself. >> do you have to be in the movie? >> not particularly but it probably helps us get funding. i'm sending a message to certain people. i'm not going to say their names. any time somebody offers you something they are not in, it is kind of an insult. hey, i have this tv show you should do. are you going to be in it? no. you should do it. it is the biggest insult you can give people, honestly. i want you to do this thing i'm not goin