The challenge for a director - and I think a lot of directors feel the same way - is that today we have to put on a producer's hat, too. Meaning, you have to sometimes think of it being 'business show,' not just 'show business.'
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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.
There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.
I think people forget that a lot of directing is just real management of the size of a production.
The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.
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 think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.
The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
On various shows, I've been the producing-director, the executive producer-director; and if you were working with the material you love with the right group of people, it's an incredible job to be doing.
I guess I'm a good manager now. Moreover, I'm loving the concept of donning the producer's hat. It's all very exciting as well as a great learning experience. You're a part of a film right from its conception to its execution, and that's an amazing feeling.
It is important to be financially savvy when you turn producer. As a director, you just need to have a good script in hand.