Making a film is so hard that if you don't have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.
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It's amazing that for actors mostly, it's a risk to attach yourself to a film that you don't know whether or not it's going to even be made and if you sign on, in doing so, who else is going to be in the movie with you.
A film set is really delicate and people treat you very very well if you're an actor because they want you to be as comfortable as possible for you to do your work, but it really is just one in a team of many and usually 150 people.
You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.
When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.
I think every character actor at some stage likes to carry a film. It can be extremely liberating to just come in for a scene or two and do your thing. But I find it frustrating if I'm just doing little bits here and there for too long.
You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances.
Making movies is really hard. It's a very complex process, with many, many variables.
The thing I really love about film is there's a really big sense of teamwork, and everyone has to do their job to the best of their ability to make the film work in the first place.
Actors come in, and they have their own take on things, and you have to adjust on the fly to make sure everything still works structurally and dramatically.
As an actor... at some point you've got to forget that the crew's there in order to do your job.