Margot Robbie doubts that she will star in her future directorial debut because pulling double duty feels “inefficient”.<\/p>\n
The Wuthering Heights actress, who has been running the production company LuckyChap for the past 11 years, has been open about her ambition to direct a feature one day.<\/p>\n
During an appearance on the Table Manners podcast, Robbie was asked if she would “do a Yentl”, referring to the 1983 drama Barbra Streisand co-wrote, co-produced, directed and starred in.<\/p>\n
The Australian actress insisted that she “would never” because acting and directing at the same time feels inefficient.<\/p>\n
“I’ve spoken to a lot of actor-directors and been like, ‘How do you do both?’ It just sounds inefficient,” she replied. “Like, to do a take and then go back to the monitors, watch the take, make the adjustments and go back instead of… you’ve got to jump straight back into it. I don’t know how I could do it and not be like, ‘This is not efficient.’ I don’t like a not efficient set.”<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old explained that through her experience as a producer, she knows the financial impact of those lost minutes.<\/p>\n
“Once you know your day cost, if you divide that by the minute. Sometimes I think, ‘If actors only knew (how much each minute costs),'” she divulged. “If an actor makes you wait for 20 minutes, I’m like, ‘You just wasted $600,000.'”<\/p>\n
The I, Tonya star added that she really wants to direct, but she doesn’t have the time as running LuckyChap with her husband Tom Ackerley and friend Josey McNamara is a 24\/7 job.<\/p>\n
“Producing takes up all of my time. It’s not acting that takes up my time; acting takes up a chunk of time but then you’re like, ‘I’m done with the job.’ Producing is 24\/7, every day of the year. It doesn’t stop,” she admitted.<\/p>\n
“For the last 11 years, I’ve never not been actively producing. It’s been great but I need to figure out how to step away from that more so that I can make space to try and direct.”<\/p>\n
Robbie’s latest film as a star and producer, Wuthering Heights, will be released in cinemas on Friday.<\/p>\n
– Cover Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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