You Should Know The Lines, Be Prepared,

It Sure Is Boring To Be Around People Who Are In Character All The Time. I Always Find It's Closer To Mental Illness Than Acting Excellence.

Ultimately, A More Experienced Director Realizes That You've Got To Stop Sometime And Just Move On. They're Braver About That.

A Good Actor's Director, First Of All, Is Prepared, So There's Not An Exorbitant Amount Of Wasted Footage.

You Can Skim Those Stage Directions And Go Right To The Dialogue. You Can Almost Read The Movie In The Same Amount Of Time It Will Take You To See The Movie.

All That Back-story Stuff Doesn't Help. What You Get Paid For Is To Stand Toe-to-toe With The Other Actor And Get Him To Do Your Will.