As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of different things.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.
I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.
It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.
There are definitely reasons to do certain things, but I like to stick to good director, good actor, good script.
I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.
When a subject pops into a director's head, you either fit in there somewhere, or you don't. An actor is only who he is. Especially as you get older, there's not as much of a range of potentially feasible parts.