It's very rare you get a director who's that invested in the actors. So yeah, when 'Little Fish' came around, there wasn't much negotiation!
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
'Little Fish' has reminded me why I fell in love with acting in the first place.
Being an actor is great; you chill in your trailer, and they bring you a breakfast burrito and coffee. But as director, you're responsible for every little thing.
The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.
Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity.
Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.
I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.
The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast.
I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point.
Actors are sellers, and I figured out a long time ago that if you wanted to work a lot, you had to be on the buying side.
There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.