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The biggest battle for a lot of people who come out of the theater, which is where I was trained, is that they can never forget that a camera is pointed at them.

— Denis Leary

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think half the battle is just being comfortable in front of the camera - and I already am, doing so many videos and interviews, so then it just takes that extra step of trying to get into character.

— Ludacris

I guess I've been training in the theater for as long as I can remember.

— Kevin Spacey

I feel that doing theater does give you a good grounding to work on camera. The audience is the lens.

— Julian Ovenden

When I over-prepare, I try to let it all go and forget all about it when the camera rolls, so I can just be present with the other actors and allow what's going to happen to happen without too much preconception.

— John Hawkes

I used to rarely go on film sets, as I felt it was very boring to see the same shot being done so many times. I felt I had nothing to do. I used to irritate the cameramen.

— Ram Charan

I choose things that challenge me. I was afraid of the camera - that's why I chose to do 'Private Practice.' It's not like I left the theater.

— Audra McDonald

In the heat of the battle, it's always different than when you go back and look at it on film.

— Colin Kaepernick

Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance.

— Michelangelo Antonioni

✗Opposing Perspectives

You're watching the movie for the first time when you're working with the actors in front of the camera. You don't think about how the audience will react. You discover the film.

— Juan Antonio Bayona

I never had the desire to get in front of the camera. It never occurred to me! I always thought I'd be a theater actor.

— Tim Daly