The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.
One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.
I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.
One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well
I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.
And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable.