Sucking up to a director means you are unsure of your talents. I'm not.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
I think, when you're a director, you get sucked into your project whether you like it or not, right?
You work with great directors and terrible directors, and so you learn; you take what you think will work for you.
If you're a director, your entire livelihood and your entire creativity is based on your self-confidence. Sometimes that's dangerously close to arrogance.
I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
That's the fun part about being a director. You get to say, 'Oh, now that I'm in charge, I can try and cast whoever I want.' They can always say no, but that's okay.
I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.
Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.
When you're a director, you really live whatever you do.
You either are a good director or you're not.