I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.
Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you.
Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.
If you choose to do both [acting and directing] on a set, than you're admitting that you understand that everyone is in it for the same goal and it's a collaborative experience. You can't really jump into being an actor, and than direct yourself. At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful. If you try to micro-manage and control all of it, than you're probably heading for disaster.
Having spent years ruining the housing markets with their interference, leading to a housing meltdown that has taken the whole economy down with it, politicians have now moved on into micro-managing automobile companies and medical care. They are not going to stop unless they get stopped. And that is not going to happen until the voters recognize the fact that political rhetoric is no substitute for competence.
A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.
These people who are always briskly doing something and as busy as waltzing mice, they have little, sharp, staccato ideas, such as: "I see where I can make an annual cut of $3.47 in my meat budget." But they have no slow, big ideas.
Everyone is against micro managing but macro managing means you're working at the big picture but don't know the details.
It always amazes me when people ask you to do something and then tell you how to do it.
