The producers who wanted me to do it liked me and trusted me, and more than one scene was only one take, because I'd plan ahead what I thought would be appropriate for that scene-so one take was enough.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I understand, certain scenes have to have a lot of takes. As an actor, I think it's quite nice to have a handful of takes, because you don't want to do it once or twice; I think once or twice sometimes is quite terrifying because you don't really feel like you've given them what you want.
If I do too many takes, I'm too self-conscious. I think I'm better in first scenes.
Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.
My job, as an actor, is to give the director options. You can only hope that the takes that you thought were the best were chosen. But, then again, if I don't watch it, I'll never know.
Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four.
I'm bad in front of the camera. However, if someone gave me a small role in a film with two dialogues and one scene, I'd do it.
I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.
I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.
I had never done any serious acting before, but I decided that it was a chance that I should take.