We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can you tell that actor to calm down?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body.
As an actor, you're always nervous as to what a director will do with something.
I believe the director is the one that sets the mood and if you have this hysterical director it's a domino effect. I would work for him forever, for nothing. Don't tell my agent that.
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.
As an actor, you have to give up all control to the director. He's the boss, and has all the power. I'm a control freak, so that's really hard for me.
I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job!
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.
Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.
The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you.
With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head.
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