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I'm supposed to be the director of a television company, but I've only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind of programmes we wanted to make, getting our ideas on the screen.

I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had to handle when things don't go quite according to plan.

I've been really lucky to work with some really great film people in the past, but television works on a much quicker schedule, and it's the TV directors I've worked with that I looked to and became a big fan of.

A lot of directors in television have come up through the technical ranks. They have all the technical skills in the world. They're not all that familiar with actors.

I've never worked in the U.K. television industry, but my guess it that it's a tough world for directors.

I like to just work with great directors.

Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.

There are all kinds of directors I want to work with and all kinds of films that I want to do.

TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can pay the bills.

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