Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not the kind of actress who asks a lot of questions of my directors unless it's something I really need to know.
The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.
You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.
The characters I've played as an actress have been really challenging and emotionally rewarding, but there was just something missing. I was finding over and over again that directors were looking to me to help with troubles on set as far as characters' relationships, special effects and story points were concerned.
Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos.
As a director, you never think about how an audience would respond. You can think about that, but you will never change what you're going to do.
I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.
I was amazed by how much you have to think about as a director. As an actor, you don't have to think about much at all, as it turns out. It's very easy. And then when you step into the director's role, there's this whole universe of stuff that you have to pay attention to that's amazing to me.
A lot of times, directors don't know how to speak to actors, or writers don't know how to communicate.
On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.