Bad directors will tell you they absolutely know how to do it, and how it has to happen; there's this insecurity that leads them to feeling like they have to control everything.
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There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.
Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you.
All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors.
There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.
I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other directors, and you know the way that you would like to be directed.
A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.
The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
You hear stories about directors using manipulation to get actors to do certain things, but I think when you're working with professional actors, it's all about trust. They can do anything you want, it's just a matter of them understanding what you're looking for, and the reason why.
Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems.
I know as a director I hit it out of the park sometimes, and sometimes we haven't, and that's kind of the way art goes. You just have to be willing to take the 'failures' and learn from them, make the best of them.
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