I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, 'Oh, we should film this,' as opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium.
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I'm not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space.
The theater I got to do informs every move I make as an actor and will for the rest of my life. I can't shake it if I wanted to, but I don't want to.
We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that.
The idea that you must treat actors a certain way in order to get a performance out of them kind of disturbs me, and it's disregarding what we do. Our job is to do our job.
If you're going to act and do this for a living, you want to play something that the audience didn't expect.
I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way.
When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it.
Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.'
Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.
It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me.