It Isn't Glamorous Until After The Film

I'm Not In Front Of The Camera, They Are. I Encourage Them; I Build Up As Much Of Their Confidence And Ego As Possible. They've Got To Take Control; I Can't Act It Out.

The Director's Job Should Give You A Sense Of Music Without Drawing Attention To Itself.

I Love Actors And I Understand What Has To Happen Within A Scene. Any Scene Is An Acting Scene And Actors Never Act Alone, So There Has To Be An Interchange. If It's A Dialog Scene, If It's A Love Scene, It Doesn't Matter Because You Need To Establish A Situation.

When Ray Charles Is Concentrating He's Like A Piece Of Granite, Nothing Twitches, Nothing, ... He Sat For 25 Minutes Solid Like That, Like A Stone, And I Thought, 'oh My God, If He Doesn't Like It I'm Dead.' ... And Then Finally, After 25 Minutes He Started To Talk Back To The Screen. I Heard Him Say 'that's Right. That's The Truth.' .

It's Much Easier To Work With An Unknown.