One of the characteristics of plays that are made into films is that they can be very talky.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.
If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work.
Once you see the entertainment world from both sides, you really get a greater understanding of how it all operates. As an actor going into screenwriting, I was able to understand what type of dialogue feels natural and what an actor could actually say.
When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor.
Our function as playwrights to some extent is to make audiences see with their ears, because films make us see with our eyes much better.
I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of great theater. Translating this ineffability into printable prose is a challenge that can never be fully met.
When on the set of a film, you have to play natural for entire scenes in a very unnatural environment. You have to express emotions and interact with other actors and also use your voice.
To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
I think actors always find the dialogue doesn't quite fit, so you always have to play with it.
Quite often in acting, you have to play a certain part; you cannot speak as much as you want to speak.