Maggie Gyllenhaal
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It's like really you are in charge of everything, which then means that you can make space for everyone else to offer what they want, express what they want.
You know like when you're an actor and you're like, okay, I need to make sure that I just create the space for myself to get out the couple of things that are the most important things to me in case...
You're trying to figure out how to just protect your little thing, which is the reason why you came to do it.
When you're the director, you don't have to do that, first of all.
And also, you don't have to make other people do that.
You can just make it okay for them to feel free.
I mean, first of all, yes, my dad was a director growing up.
She did direct a film, but it wasn't until I think she was 70.