Tom Ford: Why I Quit Acting

Fashion designer and first time director explains why he's much happier behind the camera

Tom Ford's got another movie up his always fashionable sleeve.

But right now, he's still all about his upcoming Oscar-buzzing directorial debut, A Single Man...

"I have something I'm working on but I'm not ready to talk about it," Ford told me at the GQ Men of the Year party. "I just finished [A Single Man] in August and then we went to Toronto, Venice, Tokyo and London promoting it and my head is spinning. Maybe six months after we're finished with all this I'll be able to figure out what I want to do next."

Definitely not on the agenda? Reviving his attempts at an acting career.

"You know, I used to act when I was younger, but I quit," Ford, 48, explained. "I did it from about 17 to 24. I was too self-conscious. I didn't like it. I wasn't in control."

Spoken like a true director.