I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
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When I finally made it to the set, I spent a lot of time doing damage control on The Magic Christian.
On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength.
I learned a lot about pain and suffering during 'Pan Am.' We had to wear very constricting period-correct girdles and bras. After that, I learned to read a script with an eye toward the undergarments.
Every day on set, there was something to watch and learn.
I really didn't even have time to get that many lessons, to be honest, because I was suddenly on the road. I was kind of thrown in the deep end. But that wasn't a bad thing when I look back at it.
It's always a learning experience every time I'm on set.
I was frustrated I couldn't remember stuff, and I got real upset. It was driving me nuts.
After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'
It's through working with a lot of first-time directors that I realized that people learn on their feet. Everybody works on something for a different reason. Everybody has got something new to learn on these sets, and you don't have to know everything, the second you start.
I learned from everybody whose staff I was on. You always learn something.
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