I would say the biggest difference is that a movie is a shorter, more encapsulated experience, and a TV job is like having a regular day job where you get to do what you love.
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The great thing about being an actor in a film is that you're able to start knowing exactly where you're going to finish and really paint something in between. You can work to know the arc you need to build. Whereas in television, it is open-ended, and you're constantly guessing. There are pros and cons to both.
I think film requires a lot more patience and concentration and each day you're keeping the entire picture in your head throughout a two to three month film shoot. Whereas TV, especially half hour, is like doing a play a week or live theater.
I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.
There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.
In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.
I'd like to do more TV; TV is completely different than working in movies in a lot of ways, it's like making a really compact movie. Because you don't have as much time, especially hour long shows, they move so quickly.
Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You can plan it out more, which I like. But with television you get a new script every week, so it's constantly a mystery as to what you're going to be doing.
There's so little difference between television and features as far as you make the film. I mean, you have less money and it's a little quicker, but the concept is all on television.
When you're doing the work, film and TV are exactly the same. TV is just film in reduced pieces.
A film has a sort of life over time, whereas a TV show comes up in your living room, and it's immediate, and people write about it.