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I Think Casting Is Really Important. Finding The Right Sensibility For The Right Part Is An Art In Itself. If You're Off There, You Make It Harder On Yourself As A Director. And It's Fun To Work That Out With The Actors. I Don't Think There's Any Magic To Directing Actors. It's Very Instinctual. Working With Actors Is Really One Of My Favorite Creative Moments Of The Whole Process, And The Most Fun, Because It's Collaborative. I Spend A Lot Of Time Rehearsing. I'm Very Rehearsal-oriented, Probably Because I Have Some Background In Theater. I Like Knowing What Will Work Beforehand.

I Worked Offshore As An Oil Worker For A Couple Of Years.

It's Luck That One Thing Works Out And One Doesn't, It's Sort Of Happenstance.

I Think You Get In Trouble If You Make Experimental Big Studio Films.

You Make A Film And You Can't Really Pick The Way It's Put To The Public. You Control The Content, But The Way It's Marketed, Or The Poster, Or What They're Telling The Public About The Film, It's Beyond You. Some People Don't Even See Them, Because They Think They Already Know It. That Can Be Frustrating, When Something You've Done Is Marketed In A Way You Think Is Antithetical To What It Is.