You can be moved by a performance on set, but when you see it on screen, it does nothing. Yet there will be someone you simply didn't notice on set that on screen: bam!
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's not what you see on-screen that makes a performance. It's the things you should never know about - it's the secrets.
The bottom line is that your performance is made in the editing room.
You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.
When I'm on set, I do whatever I can to find my focus.
I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.
When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
I got to learn what does and doesn't work on screen. Because the turnaround is so fast, there's no messing around. You have to be on the ball.
As an actor, you don't often get a chance to know exactly the impact of what the audience is seeing, even though you can ask where the frame is. A move that feels tiny can be huge, and vice versa.
What happens off-screen definitely informs your performance on screen.