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The love scenes that worked, regardless of the director, were the ones where the actors weren't fearful. When somebody was fearful, you could see it right away. It takes you out of the story, and that's to be avoided at all costs.

It's always a little nerve-wracking to do a love scene, more than anything because it's just awkward.

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

Sure, I've done movies in which I was embarrassed by my performance, or might not have cared for a co-star. Then I'd have to tell lies, like, 'Oh, we love each other; everything was perfect!'

Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene.

You're not allowed to mess up in theater, and if you do, it is going to be embarrassing. But in film, if you make a mistake you just do it over again. You can just do another take.

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.

It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting.

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.

When the scenes are written really great, we as actors try not to mess them up by getting in the way.