The director respects what they've hired you for and chosen you for: to do the part and respect what you're doing.

You never know what you do that could be totally out of left field, which actually might work and give something fresh to the whole scene, to the character, whatever. If you have that with a director who then knows how to shape it, either in the direction, in the moment, or in the editing, then that's good.

I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will.

Robert De Niro Quotes