It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.
I suspect, for a lot of people who become actors, there's a feeling of wanting to be someone other than who they actually are.
I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.
People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!
And I think that, of course, there is some dysfunction of needing to be liked or noticed or to feel part of things, something going on there for most actors. For some there's not and I think they really struggle with it.
Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.
I think actors are brave souls that have to use parts of themselves that I'm just not comfortable doing anymore.
The truth is, good actors are always looking to do something different. They are dying to play slightly odder characters or work on movies that aren't straight down the middle.
It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.
It is joyous for any actor to enter other grounds of consciousness and thought. At the end of the day, we just all like dressing up and playing around.