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I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say.

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.

As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with.

You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I always think that the creative conversation between director and actor is what leads to good work.

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.

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.

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

Being an actor is great; you chill in your trailer, and they bring you a breakfast burrito and coffee. But as director, you're responsible for every little thing.

I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid.

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.