if she comes prepared, that's all he cares about. there would be some point in the evening, after being obsessive about getting the shot, where he would tell her she's doing a great job because he knows it isn't easy when he's asking for things over and over again. i was also thinking he was big on cast/crew bonding so he's all for dinners, he probably hosted a few himself while they were working on things. yeah, he's fairly easy to read when he goes off into his own head. he knows nothing about birth charts so i'm sure he stared at her for a moment without blinking and asked what that was.