You don't realize it, but often people are frightened of the director.
I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant.
As a director, if you know what you want, then it's not scary.
When you're a director, you really live whatever you do.
And I just want to work with good directors and good people.
Well, this is the second time I've done New Directors.
The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances.
Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.
For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.
As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic.
Actors wait tables, directors work at video stores.
Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.
I've been very lucky to work with a lot of amazingly supportive directors.
Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.
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