I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really the only power you have, as an actor.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When an actor asks you to read his script, your heart sinks. The number of scripts I've been given by actors that are so unbelievably terrible!
There's a certain arrogance to an actor who will look at a script and feel like, because the words are simple, maybe they can paraphrase it and make it better.
If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.
I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script.
There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
For me, my first hearing of the script matters. It has to excite me as an actor and as an audience.
If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it.
As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.
A really useful quality to have as an actor is a lack of self-awareness. I try and get into the character's thinking, and some of them just aren't really that bothered about how they come across or aware of how they come across.
With acting, when you're reading a script, you're regurgitating someone else's words. There's a whole part of your brain that's off duty.