I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
For me, as an actor, it's always about getting out of my own way. I can put so much pressure on myself to keep up and make my director happy instead of being in the moment.
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.
I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's somebody else up there, an actor playing a role. I keep myself out of it.
It was difficult every ten days having a new director. I'm a real collaborator and, as an actor, I want to be directed. It's hard for me to shift gears.
As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director.
The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore.