Reminder.

Often what the coach or director is telling you is a reminder.

You already know it but need to be reminded.

It’s good if you want and like to be reminded.

I was acting in a film one time with Eva Marie Saint and Jerry Orbach and when Eva’s close-up came, she dried. The wonderful director David Jones whispered to me as he went to speak to her, “She’s nervous about how she looks.”

The close-up distracted her and the director reminded her.

What are the coaches in professional sport telling the players during the game? The top athletes in the Premier League, NFL, American League, Rugby World Cup Sevens, the NWBL etc. all know what to do. But, in the hurly burly of the game itself they get diverted and need reminding.

Just as you could get diverted amidst the chaos while shooting.

Try and take the reminders as if from an old friend. Rather than the old ‘Damn, I made a mistake.’

That needed outside eye. That reminder that jogs your memory.

The teachers, coaches and directors also need to be reminded that a lot of what they’re doing is just reminding.

Sometimes you’re being taught, sometimes encouraged, sometimes criticized and sometimes – reminded.