I pick out young people and teach them in less time than it would take me to alter the methods of people from the boards, and I get actors who look the parts they have to fill.
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My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.
There is a saying that every single person in the world has something to teach you. So the more people I get to work with, the more I can learn, and the better actor I will become.
As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.
I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.
I loved teaching. And I always used to say that acting was just something I did purely on my own terms, and that if I had to make a living from it there would be too much pressure.
That's the beauty of the acting world. You can play so many different characters who know and do so many things that you have no idea about as yourself. So I'm a big fan of workshops and classes and learning new things because you can always apply it. It's your little supply bag of creativity. Keep filling it up.
If I wasn't acting, I'd be teaching acting. That would be my easiest thing to fall back on is teaching it.
I keep working with fairly inexperienced directors. You know, if you have a good crew, a good cameraman, you know, I know what I'm doing. If the actors know what they're doing, we can all pull together, and it works.
There's no trick of teaching acting. Either someone wants to do it and is gifted, or not.
The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If you haven't learnt how to make a fool of yourself, you shouldn't be on the boards. That's absolutely what it's all about.
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