"I depend on good editors and a good director."
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"The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare."
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"Even with revivals, I dont really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new."
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"As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director."
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"OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them."
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"As an actor, I want to give in to the collaboration with the director because I don't want my work to be all the same. The more this can be done with comfort, the more variety my work has had."
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"I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything."
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"You don’t want to ask after the health of anyone, if you’re a funeral director. They think maybe you’re scouting for business."
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"In Dreams...well, I was slightly overcompensating with that. I was a bit like a director for hire, so maybe I was putting too much imagery that was familiar to me into it."
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"But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened."
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"You can't rely on the approval of others. I used to always look for praise from my directors to reassure myself that I was doing a good job. I don't do that anymore."
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"When I was a producer, the fun of the show was waking up with a hit and enjoying the period after the show opens. The fun of a director stops the day it opens. No matter if it's a success or a failure, it's not a whole lot of fun anymore."
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"I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director."
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"I used to get so worried that if a scene didn't go a certain way, then it was horrible. But then I realized that it was better to give the director options in the editing room than just being locked into how it's supposed to be."
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"I like meeting directors. It can be helpful because sometimes when you meet filmmakers you find out if you like them and if they like you, and that is important in terms of considering a role. Choosing a role is all about whether I relate to the role and the story really. That's the criteria."
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"I knew that I always wanted to be a filmmaker, an actor, a writer and a director, that was always my plan."
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"My scripts are always heavily noted. If I can take a director to one side and say, "Do you mind if we try this?," a few days before, that's usually a better way of doing it then on the day."
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"I fall in love with every film while I'm doing it. I fall in love with the directors, I fall in love with the process. I don't think I could do it otherwise."
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"I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them scared to do it again for another director."
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"As a film director and as film actors, you get used to a certain rhythm that's slow. But with TV, it's hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry. It's a different pace. So, it's about adjusting to the pace. It's not meant for everybody."
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