Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week.
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All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult.
My job, as an actor, is to give the director options. You can only hope that the takes that you thought were the best were chosen. But, then again, if I don't watch it, I'll never know.
You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances.
The hardest thing as an actor is that you work really hard constantly for these roles, and you invest so much in it. And when they don't come to fruition and nobody sees them, there's a part of you that dies a little bit. It's like, 'Ah! But I worked so hard!' But that's the business.
Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.
You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.
As far as I'm concerned... there's a side to an actor that wants to go on and play a thousand different roles.
An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.
Trust me, it has been anything but easy to make it as an actor.
The hardest part of directing is the choosing. Unlike an actor who can do a variety of work, it is a year of your life, you can't afford to get it wrong.