What happens is things come to you - director, script - and if you respond to it, it's because it's tapping into some part of what's inside you, and different roles tap into different parts.
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Typically, I work with the script and the director for awhile before, just to make sure we're on the same page.
I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.
I guess, as a director, you sort of take the script, and you find ways to interpret it.
I have hardly ever worked with the same director twice. But when you have worked with a director before, you understand his behavior.
When I can see things through the lens of the director, it's like being able to see the whole puzzle - it's not just about my role, but the whole script.
Sometimes you see things in a script, and it doesn't necessarily mean the director sees the same things. And if you think you're going to be making a different film, then that's not gonna work.
It's not about the script: it's about who the director is and who the other people in the cast are. Because you can look at a great script and execute it in a very sophomoric way, and you can look at an OK script, and you can execute it in a very sophisticated way and come out with something really good.
If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you can make magic happen. It's a huge combination of trying to find something you think you can deliver on and a director you think you can collaborate with to make a good picture.
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 read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.
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