Jon Favreau has admitted that he doesn't take himself too seriously.
The actor and director believes that you have to be able to laugh at yourself because it helps ease the pressure that comes with directing.
Speaking to The Guardian he said: "You've got to take the p*ss out of yourself if you are going to put yourself in your own movie.
"Directing is a lot of preparing, a lot of laying groundwork, a lot of thinking about putting all the pieces together.
"Sure, you hire the orchestra and you pick the piece you're going to play. But, really? You are middle management."
Favreau moves between directing and acting, he appears in his new movie Iron Man 2 and is happy what he has achieved in his career so far.
"I'm realistic about where I am. I'm not the edgy new guy. And I'm not an established lion like the guys from the generation above me.
"But I've made enough movies to know what I'm doing. I'm flexible. I'm open to 3D, to CGI, to pushing the limits of new technology."
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