Scarlett Johansson

And everybody looked around like, where were you?

Oh.

And I was working.

I guess I forgot to let the admissions office know I was not going to be attending that year.

I'm sorry.

I apologize.

I hope I took somebody's place.

But yeah, it was with the intention of directing.

There's been a couple of times where there was material that I was working on that I thought I could direct.

But I don't know necessarily that... I think this happened at the right time for me.

I don't think I could have directed a film before now.

Not with the same...

You know, confidence, which is what you need, because, you know, we've all worked with directors that were not confident, and that's awful for everybody.

You know, if they don't have confidence in the vision, then who does?

You know, then it becomes kind of a...

Free-for-all, where you're suddenly in a Lord of the Flies-style situation.

The strongest actor wins.

Or producer or, you know, DP or anybody.

I mean, we've all been on those jobs where the DP was suddenly directing it or the producer was suddenly directing it.

And that's, you know, that really feels like the wheels are coming off.