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I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.

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.

As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with.

In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know.

I've had a couple opportunities where I've been on the other side of the audition process as a director, so it's really reassuring to me that it's just about who is right for that role and less about if you ace the audition. It's just about getting to know people, not about who's a better actor a lot of the time.

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is.