If you were wondering why there was no Linda Fiorentino in the Men in Black sequel, well, so was she. But she’s taken the next step and looking to direct her first feature instead. Here’s what she told Variety…

Linda Fiorentino is hoping to turn around a disappointing year by making her directorial debut on “One Eyed Jacks and Suicide Kings,” a play she optioned by Colin Patrick Lynch. He’s already written the screenplay for a tale about six twentysomething boyhood friends who confront their futures when they get together for a weekly poker game…

The veteran actress figures she’s due a break. “They gave away my starring role in ‘Men in Black 2’ to Frank the Pug, and while he did a great job and is probably living it up at some posh hotel promoting the film overseas, I had to deal with that upsetting situation, plus the fact that somebody sold my home address online for $37,” she said. “It doesn’t get much worse, when your stalking price is that low, and you are forced to move out because of it, which is the reward for being sexy in movies. So I’m dealing with that and the fact that I was lower than a dog on the casting list of that movie. I figured it was time to move on.”