So when you e working with first-time directors like Scott Frank, Rian Johnson, or Jordan Melamed, is the nature of the collaboration different?
Do they rely on you to some extent to tell them what you need? JGL: Well, every director is different. All three of those directors have had very different approaches. And all the movies are very different, and the characters are very different. So they should have different approaches. The fact that Scott is a first-time director was not something I really thought about much. I think he’s born to make movies. You can tell if you have a conversation with him about movies that the man thinks in cinematic stories. That’s just how his mind works. AVC: What do you need as an actor? How do you like to be talked to in order to get your best work out? JGL: It depends on so many things. In Scott’s case, I think that what we found that worked was that he would stay on top of the story and make sure everything fell into place, because The Lookout is so tightly written and put together. Every moment in the movie leads to the next, and there’s a purpose and a payoff for every scene. It’s just real
