It's funny what actors take issue with. Some won't do parts where animals are in jeopardy; some won't ever play anyone remotely unlikable - 'Heroes only, please.' Some won't do violence. I have no such qualms.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor.
I definitely could not write a character that was cruel or unconcerned with animal welfare. For me, not just as a writer but for the person I am, I love animals.
Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves.
Even actors are human beings, so we have issues to deal with - physical, emotional, and mental.
They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors.
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
Acting is about animality. It's great to be allowed to be animal. But I feel more alive as a director. Every morning, I have to write.
It's a very fascinating thing for an actor to play somebody who is suffering, and you have to express the suffering, but in an inarticulate way and sometimes a dysfunctional way, through violence.
Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.
I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.