Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.
Josh RadnorYou can say something that can really help and actor and you can say something that can really get in the way of an actor's performance, kind of cut them off from their instincts and really get into their heads. And every actor's different. Every actor requires something different. Being an actor, for me, was the greatest training to be a writer and director.
Josh RadnorA lot of times, we're just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out it's not so good.
Josh RadnorI learned to choose my battles. Sometimes I let my producer deal with something that I didn't want to deal with.
Josh RadnorI love watching all sorts of different types of movies, but that doesn't mean they're necessarily movies I want to be making. I'm not sitting around saying, "Man, I'd really love to direct a western." That's just not something I'm probably going to do. But, I'm just looking to work on things that both feel professionally exciting and personally relevant.
Josh Radnor