Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always been interested in what happens in the studio.
There are thousands of directors in Hollywood.
As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with.
A lot of these roles that I feel like I've had some sort of impact, or that have had an effect on me, have always been with directors who have the time to somehow get to know me. Any good director's going to be curious about who it is that's coming aboard.
Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.
We've been working with the very best in the business. The studio really just let us alone to make the films.
I keep working with fairly inexperienced directors. You know, if you have a good crew, a good cameraman, you know, I know what I'm doing. If the actors know what they're doing, we can all pull together, and it works.
Actors wait tables, directors work at video stores.