How do you know what the director wants?

How do you know what the director wants?

I mean the only way that you know what a director wants is when the director briefs you for the characters. Sometimes, certain directors can talk to me and I have no idea, I'm none the wiser by the end of the conversation. And, there are many directors, most of the ones I've worked for, been fortunate to work for, that they know that I understand what they're trying to say, and they often say to me "Oh, you know the sort of people I like" and indeed I do. That's why I get reemployed by them.