The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.
It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.
I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.
The only other things, and again these things are hearsay, is that he could be pretty rough on directors, because he knew exactly the way he wanted to play the part. And he did so.
As an actor, you've got to have faith in the director's vision, that the director has a vision for this that is greater than the critics say.
Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.
The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.
I see what's behind everything the director wants to do.