Sometimes being an actor is being a song in someone else's mixtape, so I really understand why more and more actors are making films of their own.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You never really know as an actor; it's completely out of your control, in terms of editing, and music, and film stock, shot selection, and what takes they use.
You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.
In the end of the day, you are human. Film is a job which is not an individual job; you have tons and tons of people behind you - you have a whole crew of people working. But, an actor is the face of a film, so you get all of the good things, but you get the bad things, also.
Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.
Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors inhabit the same planet as everyone else. It's a weird thing that happens when you're an actor because people hold you up because you somehow embody in parts groups of people or people's hopes or something.
Every film for every actor is a make-or-break film. I believe every film has the power to break you or make you. So, an actor will treat every film like his last film. That's the way we need to work, and that's the way you can drum up that passion needed to do good work.
When you work on a movie, especially an independent movie, it's a lot of work to make it! It's not just our job as actors - so many people are working so hard, and even the littlest movie takes a lot of work.
You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.
From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.
I just don't understand why more actors aren't artists.