One of the things you have to be acutely aware of when shooting episodes out of order is your character's relationship with the other characters.
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One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors, and the characters start to come to life because you start to collaborate.
I like to believe that intimate moments between characters don't need to be relegated to independent films.
I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved. Characters are incidental.
I find that on serialized television it's wiser to hit the ground and look forward, and take the cues from the writers and the events happening, otherwise you just tie yourself in knots.
I think conflicted characters are always more interesting.
I think it is important that you care about the characters, and you are not just waiting for the next action sequence but have a vested interested in what happens to them.
In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.
When you're doing lots and lots of episodes and you're playing the same character, it's great because you really get to know the character and it becomes a really fast style and you find subtleties in it.
Obviously, a lot of TV shows are based on chronological episode viewing, and the stories are contingent upon watching it in order. Syndicated shows, you don't have to watch in order. You're just watching characters that don't change that much.
If the characters are acting true to themselves, then that chemistry and suspense will flow.
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