I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.
When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.
I started writing screenplays myself and eventually directing.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading what others were choosing and what the best writers were writing.
I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.
Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos.
I'm probably one of the worst actors as far as preparation goes, because I actually don't prepare. I find it easier to read the script and whatever hits me in my stomach, like deep down, I just go with it. And the director kind of molds me whether to go right or left with it.
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