As an Actress, Lukes explains that she works very closely with Directors in all media: film, television, theater, voiceover, and games. She describes the dynamics at play: “I’ve worked with a lot of Directors and they come up from two different camps: they’re either creative people that have been Actresses/Actors or trained as such and progressed that way (we call them Actors’ Directors!), or they’re technical people who have been Cinematographers or ADs. “The latter tend to see things more visually and work in the bigger picture, aesthetic dimension, whereas Actors’ Directors are more interested in your character, your performance, and your relationships. With more technical Directors on set, if you manage not to knock over the furniture, if you don’t fall over and trash the place, they’re happy and shout ‘Move on!’, even if you’ve turned in a shoddy performance.
