"Also a good director and good dialogue. That's very important because you're bringing the words to life. So it's very important for an actor to have good dialogue."

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I had been at the director's workshop for women at the AFI, which at the time was a great thing to do. I had always meant to direct, and for a variety of reasons that are hard to explain, I never did. I produced many things - there'll be people who tell you I directed through them - and of course I wrote. It took a divorce, a move back to New York and a kind of "now I can do anything" to say, "I really want to do this."

— Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal