Leadership is also about believing in yourself. When a leader asks for his team’s opinion it does not mean that he is clueless about what he is doing; it means that he values their opinion. For instance, when discussing his collaboration with Morgan Freeman on the set of Gone Baby Gone, Ben noted that Morgan preferred to do only a couple takes of each scene. This could have been a major speed bump for young Ben as his style was to do multiple takes and choose the best one out of them all. What he did to tackle the problem was quite simple – he dealt with Morgan Freeman, with the respect the Oscar winning actor deserves - “What do you think Morgan? Should we do another one?”

# Finding the Balance

Being an actor in a movie that you are directing can be a great challenge but it has been done before by many others. Before directing his first film, Ben spoke with several actor/directors, including Clint

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