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I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do.

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all.

— Gus Van Sant

You can't always expect to work with a director who guarantees success.

— Dhanush

It varies, but in my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the crew the freedom and the space to create.

— Sarah Gadon

I think the best directors provide you with a safe environment where they can instill you with confidence and allow you to try things out and not feel like you're failing or that you're doing it wrong.

— Luke Evans

I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right.

— Tim Roth

The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.

— Christian Bale

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

— Omar Epps

I find that all great directors, and I would include Ben Affleck and Clint Eastwood in that, they have great confidence. And with great confidence comes great freedom for the actor.

— Amy Ryan

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— John Milius

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'

— Alan Rickman