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I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.

I've always thought of, of a relationship with an actor to an audience as a marriage, you know. And a story, you know. And there are ups and downs, and you work through them, and you work with them.

For working with non-professional actors, you have to have this particular desire to work with people who are reluctant to play in a movie. I like this relationship. I'm like a recruiter, an employment agency giving someone employment.

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

When you've got good actors, they're going to come up with good stuff, but you're never quite sure how the dynamics are going to work between them.

Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.

Actors are like magicians. They'll sit there and do all their tricks to each other. It's very competitive, and the goal is to get them bonding, to get them to know the real person as quickly as possible.

I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing.