The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ultimately, as a director, you try and tell people where to look, but unlike film or television, where you force them to look at something, you can't control it completely.
The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.
It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.
When I can see things through the lens of the director, it's like being able to see the whole puzzle - it's not just about my role, but the whole script.
If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.
Being open to what's happening in front of you is the most important thing about being a director. To allow the magic to exist and to be light enough on your feet to harness it as it's happening. That's what makes cinema interesting.
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 a director, we work ridiculously hard on every detail, and we do everything to the billionth degree, and mostly people notice nothing.
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.
It is awkward to see a director on the screen.