I wouldn’t think those skill sets are easily transferable seeing how much a director is in charge of. Like how did so many of the actors in The Office, also direct episodes? Bonus: does someone else stand in as director when you’re acting in a scene that you’re the director of that entire project?
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Why not get to decide more about how a story gets told than just interpret words from a script?
Actors act, but directors have to determine so much more about how a story gets told. Choosing locations, working with set and wardrobe design, checking with writers and producers and studio to make sure everyone is on the same page with the flavour.
Actors work adjacent to directors so much that they must have some good insights to what is necessary, and for a director knowing the internal insights of acting seems like a win win.
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