But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.
I learned so much by being an actor, and part of my sort-of development as a writer is big thanks to the scripts I read in my acting life.
So anyway, I've learned a lot about myself just in terms of acting but just work ethic and interesting things like full-page monologues or talking straight into camera, which I had never gotten to do before.
I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then.
I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.
The thing I like a lot about acting is I'll never learn enough. I'll never know it inside and out.
I learn something new everyday about myself as an actor, my capabilities, how far I can stretch myself, throw out emotions I never knew I had.
I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.
In my long and difficult and mature life, I have come to learn that the less I know about acting and the more I know about everything else, the better I'll be at both acting and living.