How Rob Reiner Handles Actors

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Every director has a method or two in their repertoire on handling sometimes 'difficult' actors.

John Huston once said "Talk to them about things they don't know. Try to give them an inferiority complex. If the actress is beautiful, screw her. If she isn't, present her with a valuable painting she will not understand. If they insist on being boring, kick their asses or twist their noses. And that's about all there is to it." (Okay so the man was a little troubled but I still love his films.)

Rob Reiner doesn't use the late John Huston's method........

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