Shahab Hosseini: Actor For About Elly, A Separation, and The Salesman

Learn how to act. The best way to learn to direct actors is by getting experience acting, whether this is by acting in your own films or being part of a drama group. Learning more about acting and doing some acting yourself will give you a greater appreciation for the actors that you are working with and it may make it easier to communicate with them.

• Try to learn the lingo of actors. For example, you can learn about different acting strategies or techniques, such as classical acting and method acting.