What About Directors Do You Hate?

Posted on May 1, 2009 in Acting | No Comments

Andrew Salomon grabs a few quotes on the foibles of Directors – from an Actor’s standpoint.

…A few years back, I had just come off this Off-Broadway play when I was immediately hired for an independent film. The filmmaker had absolutely no clue how to deal with actors. In fact, at some point he was seen giving his principals line readings just to keep up with his schedule. There was a lot of infighting, but thankfully, it turned out to be a great little film—because of the actors knowing how to direct themselves. Since then, I’ve been fortunate to work with directors such as Paul Greengrass. What Paul has that this other director didn’t is the ability to distance his time management from the actor’s process.”

— Backstage.com | Read The Full Article