One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer.
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As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.
Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.
There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.
As an actor, you want a director who makes you feel comfortable in a place that you can really create and try a lot of different things.
Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been there and knowing how much is really being asked of actors that helps me.
Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on.
It's different being a director. I suppose, especially if it's a story you've written and you feel compelled to tell, in some ways it's a lot easier than acting because you're orchestrating the piece. As an actor, sometimes you're trying to second-guess what people want.
Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.
There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.
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