The least amount of info actors get, the better. Actors are always like, 'What is my motivation for this?' You didn't write it. Just say the lines.
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When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
Actors don't need a lot of talk beyond the first few sentences. They may say they don't draw on their own life, but all actors do.
I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.
When you're an actor, actually, you shouldn't come up with too many ideas.
When people give you a writing assignment, they're asking what you think. That's the very opposite of being an actor. When you're an actor, no one wants to hear what you think.
To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.
Actors want to act. I think a lot of times what happens is that they're expected to bring it all. Probably because I'm a writer, I'm not telling them what to do. I just provide them with as much as I can.
Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.
If people need to be informed by lines, then there's no reason why the actor is saying the line except for information for the audience; I think there's something wrong.
There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
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