Nia DaCosta

It's like, everyone is respected here.

And I thought it was so inspiring how that comes from the top.

And then on Steve McQueen's sets, you know, he comes to the production office and I visit sets sometimes.

And you just see the way he talks to people and the gentleness, but also the sheer honesty with which he communicates.

I was like, ah, noted.

And then Scorsese, I mean, geez, that was so amazing for me.

That was my first big scripted job, PA-ing on that show.

What show was it?

Oh, it was Vinyl.

I worked on the pilot of Vinyl.

And, you know, it was a whole production.

Oh, my goodness.

I mean, 24-hour production office, which I have not experienced since.

I would never ask anyone to do.

But I learned there it's like those sorts of big.

muscular productions.

It's like the rigor of the work, like the seriousness with which he's pursuing perfection was really inspiring as well.

The sheer skill and experience of the people there, it was very Hollywood, I'll say.

It was very cool.

I think a big thing for me has been