I think that's the key to being a director: to be able to get the shot and move on quickly.
You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.
With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome.