Sometimes directors may not give you words, you know? They may not talk at all! You've just got to use your radar to figure out how you can get to the center and not lose yourself, but still be directed at the same time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.
There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.
There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.
There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.
Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, there's a lot of eye-rolling... it just breeds inertia. If a director is in control, the crew follow their leader. But the second anyone senses the directors are not sure, people just swoop in.
Directors have to push me. I have to be pushed up. Not all the time, but often.
I think the best directors provide you with a safe environment where they can instill you with confidence and allow you to try things out and not feel like you're failing or that you're doing it wrong.
The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.
As a director, you never get to watch other directors work, and you also don't get to collaborate with other directors that much.
As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do.