What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

It's so much harder to recreate something than it is to shoot at the actual place. It's not without its problems. You've got a lot of bystanders and security issues, but it's always a lot easier and a lot more fun to shoot at the actual location.

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying.

Most of the guys like sticking to the script and doing just what's written. If they're exploring, they're exploring ways of doing the script.

What's great is when you're shooting at the same hotel you're living in, you finish shooting, put your stuff down, take an elevator and go to bed.

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

You'll never meet a nicer person, let alone a nicer actress, than Mary Steenburgen.