by Frank Hauser
You’ll be told, “Directing can’t be told. Each director must find his own way, build his own relationship with his fellow workers.”
All very true. What follows is not a book of instructions —though to save time it sometimes sounds like one. Some of the notes are optional. Some (like 65. Never, NEVER bully and 41. Don’t keep actors hanging about needlessly) are not. In general, it’s an account of how I work, and as such it is meant to help the student director save time—his own and everyone else’s.
But the most important things—the passion, the talent you bring to your work—these are for you alone.
February 1992