In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.
I feel like every time I take on a movie, it's important that the possibility of failure exists, and of the unknown, because it's a challenge to do something I haven't done before and something I have to try to work out.
If you take every challenge everyone has in their life and multiply it in severity you get what it's like in the life of an actor.
It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.
In movies, you get to explore parts of yourself that in real life, people shy away from, like looking stupid or embarrassing yourself or getting too angry, anything inappropriate. As an actor, you walk into those moments.
I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being your own toughest critic. So you can't really be distracted by the expectations based on your previous performance.
Fortunately or not, expectations are always high for all my films.
We all want to experience that in our lives - a moment when we're two feet off the ground - and making movies gives you that opportunity. It comes and it goes so fast that it's unreal, but it does happen.
Somewhere after you have few successful films, there is a fear of losing what you have got. It is very easy in the beginning, as you are a risk taker, have nothing to lose, and there is no perception about you.
When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience.