Producers and directors think they have the power, but what they think of as the weakest link, the actor, is all-powerful.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no.
Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors.
As an actor, you've got to have faith in the director's vision, that the director has a vision for this that is greater than the critics say.
Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do.
It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.
As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is.
Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
A lot of times, actors give so much power to the producers and the producing companies because, quite frankly, they have it. But we don't take the limited power that we have, which the power you initially have is to say 'no.' But 'no' in a positive way.