I think every actor wants a certain amount of control. Maybe not control, as such, but just to be part of the process. But it's not necessary, I guess.
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Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes.
There is some information that an actor doesn't need, and that's okay. I can't control everything. I don't want to control everything. Sometimes, you want to control everything, and you want to know the size of the lens and stuff like that. I am so relaxed as an actor because I don't want to control everything. I just want to control my part.
Some actors give you what you want. Some you have to make do what you want.
I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing.
It's thought of as an eccentric thing for an actor to really try to maintain quality control through the whole career. Most people think, 'You just work. You just keep working.' And in some ways I wish I could be a guy who's just a workhorse.
Our impulse as people is to try to control; as an actor, you have to give up that control.
The idea that you must treat actors a certain way in order to get a performance out of them kind of disturbs me, and it's disregarding what we do. Our job is to do our job.
From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.
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.
As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.