Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
Everybody who is an actor has been acting since they were three.
You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.
They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.
There are many actors I admire, but I always look at people who have done a variety of roles - people such as Simon Russell Beale or Ralph Fiennes.
A lot of male actors are method actors and they become the characters which they both were.
I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters, no heroes and bad guys.
When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people.
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.
I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.