My method is much like choreography. I don't sit at a table. I work in a room with people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.
I try to convey the musical notes through dance, take on the music.
Actors are the most generous people when it comes to sharing their technique. But if you grew up in a household of carpenters, and you're making a table, everyone would have a different way of doing it.
I had always choreographed a little, beginning in high school. And I leaned toward choreography. I always had an overview of what was going on.
Usually I perform with dancers.
I don't really move onstage; all I do is just gradually hunch more and more and jut out at the people in the front row.
I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films.
My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.
You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.
I'm always writing; I'm always jotting things down on paper or making notes in my iPhone. Then I'll make myself sit down and kind of shape it up, but there's really no other way to practice other than onstage.