Christopher Lloyd was actually the first person - or certainly one of the first few - who ever spoke to me on film.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Actors were the first people to accept me.
All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension.
The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.
I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.
I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
When I worked on 2001 - which was my first feature film - I was deeply and permanently affected by the notion that a movie could be like a first-person experience.
The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.
I knew Vincent Price from films - he was a big movie star - but the first time I met him was when we filmed 'The Oblong Box.'
The first people I ever saw were probably Little Richard and Gene Vincent.
I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from 'Empire of the Sun,' who'd never made a movie before.