As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a director, I never feel that I have the answers.
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
You can be playing a line some way and the director wants you to change that, or you can disagree. But I always think that the creative conversation between director and actor is what leads to good work.
A director should not define everything. For me, the movie is a form of a question I pose to the others or to the audience. I want to ask their opinion on my point of view and discuss it with them.
So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who can bear the load of what you're asking them to do and creating this emotionally safe environment.
Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on.
As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.
I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
As a director, when you embrace a project, you try to understand as much as you can about its world, and you do that by embracing and engaging with people who are in that world. Then it's down to your best instincts, which is what most directing is about anyway.
Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.