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I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.

Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part.

I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

I don't know what directing actors is all about apart from just casting well and then shaping their performances a bit, you know.

Casting is very, very important.

Sometimes it's all about the casting.

Casting is storytelling.

I do a pretty good job at casting actually.

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.