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Why is this even a question? Would you hire a camera operator who'd never picked up a camera before? Or an electrician who didn't know the first thing about it? So why hire a non-actor for an acting role?

I think a lot of people over-think this. And take it from a very "traditional" American way of making movies. The OP was all about how to direct actors. I come at it from the other side of the fence as an actor and let me tell you know, the better the actor you have, the less you need to direct...