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Meg Ryan, David Duchovny and Kelly Clarkson talk romantic comedies, Nora Ephron and the biggest deal breakers
Romantic comedy icon Meg Ryan said she loves the challenges of directing a feature film and that since stepping behind the camera for 2015's Ithaca and 2023's What Happens Later, she's seen acting in a different light.
"I understand acting, I think it makes me think more," Ryan told an audience at the Sarajevo Film Festival. "I think as an actor you're a soloist in an orchestra. You don't see the big picture. Your only small job is to play your emotional instrument and know yourself well and be open to your feelings, you know, and step out of your comfort zone and try not to intellectualize them."
Since becoming a director, Ryan says, she's learned that "other actors I've worked with have a different process."
