That's the fun part about being a director. You get to say, 'Oh, now that I'm in charge, I can try and cast whoever I want.' They can always say no, but that's okay.
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As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's a philosophy that I have.
I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.
So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who can bear the load of what you're asking them to do and creating this emotionally safe environment.
Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.
I like to just work with great directors.
I don't even know if I can call myself a director.
But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.
There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.
The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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