I try to imagine the scenes as I'm writing them as if I were watching them play like a film.
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I'll usually see a scene in my head, playing like a movie trailer. After I've written that scene, everything takes off from there.
It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it.
It's one thing to plan and imagine what you want on a film, but when you actually arrive and survey the scene, there's a moment of, 'Oh my God, what was I thinking?'
Often in television, you read a script and you're amazed that you get the scene given to you.
There are times when I'm driving home after a day's shooting, thinking to myself, That scene would've been so much better if I had written it out.
I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.
When I write, I imagine scenes. I write things down. I take photographs. I do some casting. I rewrite. It's a permanent making or remaking.
The kinds of films that I'm used to doing are independent films. They're very small character-driven pieces, and there isn't as much spectacle involved.
It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
I don't write plays for them to be turned into movies.