I used to rarely go on film sets, as I felt it was very boring to see the same shot being done so many times. I felt I had nothing to do. I used to irritate the cameramen.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I love the instantaneous nature of filming rather than the repetition of working in the theatre, but that maybe because I haven't had great experiences working in the theatre.
Rarely do I do film press because I'm so low on the food chain of the movie, and for me it's just this thing I did for four weeks before the next tour started.
Once I finish shooting a film, I usually sit on it to see how we can make it better.
The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.
I do remember when I was starting acting, going from one set to the next, with not much else going on in my life. And at the end of the day, you get back to your hotel room and just feel this awful loneliness, because the cameras have stopped rolling.
You can finish the day's filming or the whole shoot or watch something months later and think you could have done it so much better. It's frustrating.
Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.
There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.
Film, for me, is in two stages. One is when I write the script more or less on my own - that's the nice bit. And then comes for me the unpleasant bit when they all go off, 100 people - actors and camera people and film and sound - and I stay away. When they go into the editing room, I come in again, and that's the bit I like.
I've always shot on film, but the times are changing.