As the director, you have it in your mind how you want the part done, how you want someone to do it, and so sometimes you just say, 'Why don't I do it myself?' So for a little role, I'll just do it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.
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.
I think as a director you have to make it your own. It'd be a mistake to approach a project with the idea of 'I'm going to do this the way I think somebody else would,' because then you'd never be clear on your idea.
I'm the kind of director, at any given moment, an idea occurs to me, I'll just do it.
First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business.
The director is the ultimate creative arbiter of what's going to happen. And as a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.
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.
Honestly, I think most directors are about, 'Let's do the most fun and effective thing here and figure out how afterwards.'
I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.
I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.