I think if they suddenly cut away and you realize there is a stunt guy, you're out of the movie.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
An actor would be foolish to do something that might hold up the picture, or more importantly incapacitate him. If an actor does do a stunt he needs to make sure a stunt man stands by to see that it's done correctly.
Sometimes you see a movie and you can really feel that it's an actor putting in a performance. Someone said 'cut' and they're back in their trailer having a coffee or getting their hair done.
Actors are smart. They have to feel safe enough to fall and to get back up. My job is to make sure they don't get hurt.
I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them.
The more nearly the film cutter approaches the natural law of interest, the more invisible will be his cutting. If the camera moves from one person to another at the exact moment that you in the legitimate theatre would have turned your head, you will not be conscious of a cut.
I just think the less you know about an actor, the more serious you'll take them as an actor because they will disappear a little bit.
And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker.
As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance.
Just because the rest of the people in Hollywood don't do their stunts doesn't mean I don't.
Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers.