You talk about what a director, he was smart. He said, Turn the camera on!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are times when you're working with film people when you have to say, 'If the camera were on you, what you're doing would be perfect'.
Every single director stops at the moment he thinks he has the shot. Sometimes, directors shoot an establishing shot where everything is in the shot. He's going to use this at the beginning and the end.
As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.
Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.
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.
Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement.
The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.
As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
The smartest thing a director can do is surround himself with really good people.