That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.
A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated.
Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume.
I've been lucky enough to work with some great directors, and I don't want to throw that away by doing one big horrible big budget film.
Making a film, every film, is a big gamble, large or small. The more that you do it, the more you're aware of that.
When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.
People talk about the difference between working on stage and working on film. I think you could say that there are as many differences between working on low budget films and working on big budget films. You really are doing the same thing, but at the same time you're doing something vastly different as well.
Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television.
I think everything you do, whether it's low budget things when you're first starting out or full feature films or when you're working with Hollywood, you're always learning, all the time.
As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.