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The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.

Actors know how to talk to other actors in a way that sometimes other directors just don't.

Working with actors really depends on the actor. Most of the directors I've worked with don't really know how to speak to actors, actually; some of the best directors don't.

As an actor, I had noticed very vividly that very few directors know how to direct actors because they haven't done it.

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

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

There are a lot of directors out there who are very specific, visual craftsmen, and while I have the utmost respect for that, they don't really communicate with the actors.

A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them.

Look, a lot of directors were actors, even if they were unsuccessful actors which I think is helpful. I think it's a really helpful thing for a director to have experienced that. It helps you know how to talk to actors and how to get what you need from them.

As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.