It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.
Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.
As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.
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.
Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.
What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
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.
Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.
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.