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I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to sign up and do some acting.

It's very important to be able to distinguish the actors from the characters they play.

I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out.

Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.

In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know.

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.