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The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.

Gotta watch out for directors.

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice.

Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems.

A lot of directors don't know what they want to do. Every director I've seen that was a good director that I've admired knew exactly what he wanted to do. They didn't sit there and think about it.

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.

There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.

Every single director stops at the moment he thinks he has the shot. Sometimes, directors shoot an establishing shot where everything is in the shot. He's going to use this at the beginning and the end.

I follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.