As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance.

The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer.

There's a lot of directing within the stunt coordinator's job.

Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film.

Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers.

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.