Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's been about ten years since I've worked with actors who knew their lines!
A lot of the time, as an actor, you don't have the freedom to change what your lines are, and they can often be very unnatural or difficult to portray in a real light.
I thought acting was just going on and remembering all of one's lines.
If an actor only comes alive when he has lines to say, it doesn't work, and the same goes for illustrated characters.
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.
As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.
Very rarely have I had the opportunity to say lines which I would have said even if I wasn't working in a film.
A lot of actors never talk to other actors about how they're doing things, or why. I think it's important to share the way you're thinking.
It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.
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.