The love scenes that worked, regardless of the director, were the ones where the actors weren't fearful. When somebody was fearful, you could see it right away. It takes you out of the story, and that's to be avoided at all costs.
“There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.”
“Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so.”