10 Bizarre Filmmaker Rules You Never Knew

Several years ago, some of the world's most acclaimed A-list filmmakers answered an Empire Magazine survey about their directorial habits, and upon being asked about their specific on-set rules, Steven Soderbergh piped up with a surprising - if curt - answer.

Without elaborating, he simply quipped, "No open-toed shoes."

While it's easy enough to appreciate the health-and-safety aspect of not allowing crew members handling heavy equipment to wear open-toed shoes, the bluntness of his answer suggests his order extends to every single person on set, from catering through to the cast themselves.

Again, though, he provided no further explanation beyond that. Somewhere, Tarantino is fuming.