There's a lot of fancy footwork in films now, as far as camera moves, acting, and music, to disguise the fact that there's actually not much going on. With this, there's a lot going on. We have to give the audience a chance to slide in and get involved with this family, because if we give them the time, they become part of the family, and they watch their own family being destroyed. So it's gonna affect them on a much more visceral level. Roth was well-prepared for the directing experience because of the expansive education made available to him on film sets, and strongly advises all actors to take advantage of what he feels is a wonderful opportunity.
Actors always talk about how boring it is on film sets.
Well, pay attention. It's not boring on film sets. There's a reason why you have so much time, it's because people are doing stuff. On the technical side I paid a lot of attention, I listened and watched and learned stuff. So get out there and find out what they're doing to help you be successful in filming this character.