I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived in, yeah.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor does.
Casting directors don't necessarily want a more recognizable commercial face. Sometimes, they want a lesser known person.
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.
When a director is also a writer, everyone on the production looks to him, knowing he gave birth to the idea. There's a different level of viability.
Producers generally don't like me; directors do, generally. Convincing the producers is hard. They can't see the commercial value behind such a face, nor would they get a commercial value, necessarily - and I don't mean that in a good way or a bad way.
I think it's important that a director be able to know his characters inside and out.
There are times when directors just don't know what they're doing.
For me, being a director is about watching, not about telling people what to do. Or maybe it's like being a mirror; if they didn't have me to look at, they wouldn't be able to put the make-up on.
It is awkward to see a director on the screen.
Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.