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

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do.

I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

I can talk endlessly about characters, or why someone did this or that, and what that dynamic and interaction is. I really love it, and I think that actors really respond positively to the fact that I like to talk about that stuff, because I'm not sure that all directors do.

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

I don't like to rehearse, and the film-makers that I have been drawn to are interested in provoking something between people rather than nailing a scene in advance.

Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it's getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in the performance!