Aline Brosh McKenna

And I think sometimes when people get into trouble, it's because they hold on to dreams that are not related to their aptitudes.

And I think your aptitudes and your dreams are in a conversation with each other and with the world.

And I think because most people enjoy doing well, finding something that you're good at is also part of finding out what you're not good at.

You know, everyone's very different in terms of process.

And one of the things that I learned from working with actors is I also made a movie.

I directed Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher in a movie.

We bought a zoo.

That movie is called Your Place or Mine.

It's a Netflix movie and it's a romantic comedy.

But I did also work on We Bought a Zoo.

What I learned is that everyone is really different and one of the things I enjoy is meeting an actor's process where it is.

Some people like to rehearse, some people don't like to rehearse.

Some people like to talk about the material a lot, some don't.

Some like to know exactly what they're doing and some don't.

And I actually love that.

I love sort of finding the person, the artist where they are.

And I don't have rules ever as a director or producer or anything, which is like, this is how we, apart from some larger things of like, we don't run and we don't yell.

I don't have set precepts about how we need to work.

So if an actor wants to talk exhausted, wants to send me a six page email after a run through, great.

And if they don't want to talk, great.