The reality is we wanted him to do well, you know, and we told him that.

You know what I mean? It was like Mike was there to help him with his actor.

Mike was a child actor or a young actor, you know, his whole life.

And when he was nervous for that first read we did, I remember Mike took him outside,

you know, it took him for 30 minutes.

And I don't know what they did in the hallway.

You know, but he came back an actor. Hello and welcome back to the Directors' Cut, brought to by the Directors Guild of America.

In honor of the 78th annual DGA Awards, we're bringing back our annual series of episodes devoted to our popular

Meet the Nominees Theatrical Feature Film Symposium. The event is a roundtable discussion

with the directors nominated for the Guild's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement

and Theatrical Feature Film. This year's nominees included Paul Thomas Anderson, the director of one battle after another.

Ryan Coogler, the director of Sinners.

Guillermo del Toro, the director of Frankenstein.

Josh Safdi, the director of Marty Supreme, and Chloe Zhao, the director of Hamnet.

These talented directors gathered on stage at the Guild's Los Angeles Theater on February

7th to discuss the craft of directing and the making of their films with moderator Jeremy

Kagan.

So please enjoy part one of our Meet the Nominees Theatrical Feature Film Special. special.

As you get settled, I was saying, is there anything common about these exceptional films besides being made by exceptional filmmakers, and then I realized there is one thing.

You all deal with parenting in some way or other.

It's true, you do.

But let's delve into how you do it.

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