I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate.
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I'll see you at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat til you get there. After that you're on your own.
But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take it from there. Professor Flitwick in 'Harry Potter', I kind of defined how I saw him from reading the book, and luckily that matched up with the director's vision.