I don't think anyone would disagree with this: You are self-directed in daytime, and that's it. So come with it, and bring it on the first take.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.
Because of the pace of daytime, you don't necessarily have time to work every detail of your character, so you have to bring a lot of it yourself.
The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make it real.
Daytime has been successful all these years because it caters to a very real need in the audience - to see something that's not nighttime fantasy. People watch daytime because it's like their lives.
I'm a fan of daytime drama; I totally get it. When we are doing scenes that are romantic or will get the audience riled up, I feel like I'm a fan in the room going, 'People are going to be so mad right now!'
Evening is a time of real experimentation. You never want to look the same way.
Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio.
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.
I don't know enough about daytime, I think, to say anything.