I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, 'I might read a script and love it, but it's all about the filmmaker.' I think that's a good lesson for me.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
Sometimes you read a script, and you just think, 'Wow, I would love to go and tell that story, and I don't even care what happens to the film, I would just love that experience.' And often, that mentality makes a great film.
Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.
For me, my first hearing of the script matters. It has to excite me as an actor and as an audience.
I almost always do things that I like, in some form or fashion. Every once in awhile that means that I don't think the script is any good and I don't have any trust in the people, but the film is shooting in Sri Lanka, or somewhere like that, so I'm going.
I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays.
No other aspect of filmmaking has tempted me to do a film other than the script and the story itself.
I can't wait to do a fully improvised script again, to find people who are really comfortable and into it. It's about the capabilities of the people you're working with, what are their strengths and weaknesses. Some of the most brilliant actors need the spine of the text to work off of, and there's no shame in that; they're actors, not writers.
The greatest gift that an actor can have is good scripts because then you're relieved of the responsibility of trying to elevate the material.
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