The directors' problems are hardly Texas-specific.
When we meet, we often talk about anything but work, though of course it does come up from time to time – how we're getting on with our directors, problems we might be experiencing on set.
"With cameramen and directors, the problem is always one of communication.
"With cameramen and directors, the problem is always one of communication," Coutard said that year.
In a briefing on Friday, Dr. Thomas Frieden, the C.D.C. director, acknowledged problems with the vaccine production.
If part of a director's job is problem-solving, however, then he manages to find some of the most pleasurable and creative work behind the camera you're ever likely to see.
In the 12 years that he has run the opera house, he has transformed it from an institution beset by a succession of artistic directors, funding problems and a reputation for elitest money-wasting, to a model of balanced budgets, expanded access and artistic stability.
But Benjamin Brown, Tennessee's testing director, said the problem went beyond research: he said CTB's greatest error was in treating each customer as if its problem was isolated, even after the company knew otherwise.
At another news conference from the Johnson Space Center, Ginger Kerrick, the station spacewalk director, said the problem appeared to be inside the rotary mechanism of the joint.
Asked how he felt about their participation, Mr. Sharaf, the orchestra's director, said: "The problem every time is between the governments, not musicians.
