If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.
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Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need to do that.
As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with.
I think one of the biggest jobs of being a director is getting the casting right.
As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.
Being an actor is great; you chill in your trailer, and they bring you a breakfast burrito and coffee. But as director, you're responsible for every little thing.
The most amazing thing you can ask for as an actor from a director is that you're being seen, that the choices made are informed.
What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.
A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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