Supernatural star Jensen Ackles sat down at Comic-Con to discuss the episode he’s directing in season 8, and to give some hints as to what we can expect from Dean this season.

Ackles did the following interview with Give Me My Remote:

He also spoke to Zap2It about similar topics. Speaking about directing episode 8×03, he says:

The stuff with Jared [Padalecki], the scenes in motel rooms and things like that, I can pretty much block it all myself, pick my camera shots, and he and I just go do our business as usual. It’s when we have scenes with guest stars who need direction or who want direction or want that kind of affirmation of ‘Is this right? Am I playing this right?’ That became very difficult because… I’m trying to be Dean, [and] I’m also trying to keep an eye out for what they’re doing so I can give them notes on their performances after they yell cut.

Are you looking forward to season 8?