While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.
I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
There are very few actors who are truly good at improvising; that's a real skill.
Personally, I'm a little more confident when I have a script.
Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work.
In a way, making Martin Ellingham the way he is was a corrective exercise for my acting - to keep a bit still and show a little control. I do like it - it's like having an instrument that you can play and that you can pick up and enjoy playing.
Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.
My brother is my go-to with scripts, especially when we're talking genre pieces, because I want to make sure that it's legit. I can love it, but then I pass stuff on to him.
I feel like if you feel good about a script, and you feel confident about your ability to direct and just capture it right, it's all just, really, really in your favor there.
For me, my first hearing of the script matters. It has to excite me as an actor and as an audience.