Maggie Gyllenhaal
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Listen, I think directing is a harder job.
But I think there's something about acting that is so, so precious.
Well, I was listening to them talking about your play.
Well, this is like one of the reasons why I became a director, although we can talk about some of the other ones.
But I think I've so often been the person who came to set with a—
just a different take on something, not just to be contrarian or be different, but because it's me that's making it.
And I'm different than what the director imagined when they were alone in their room.
And I've so many times thought, don't you want my mind too?
Like, yeah, isn't it going to be a better movie if like all of us actors and the DP and the designer, you know, all put ourselves into it?
And then, yes, as the director, I mean, I would say this.