My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor.
You have to succeed as a young actor, then as a dad actor, those would be my 'Harvey Moon' years, then as an old actor.
I think, at the end of the day, if you're a good actor, then you're a good actor.
There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.
The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater...
As a director, you have to know what actors are doing. You're the one telling them what to do. The actors' job is to come prepared to the set, but sometimes, if they're beginning actors or people who are non-actors, you have to teach them how to act.
The talent is in the choices.
It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.
I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
I love actors, both my parents were actors, and the work with actors is the most enjoyable part of making a film. It's important that they feel protected and are confident they won't be betrayed. When you create that atmosphere of trust, it's in the ...
It used to be that you kind of got pigeonholed into one thing - you're either a stage actor or a TV actor or a movie actor. Today, there's a lot of crossover with film actors doing television, which never happened before, so those lines are a little ...
She understood that it had never just been about talent: it had also always been about money. Ethan was brilliant at what he did, and he might well have made it even if Ash’s father hadn’t encouraged him, but it really helped that Ethan had grown...
Working with actors really depends on the actor. Most of the directors I've worked with don't really know how to speak to actors, actually; some of the best directors don't.
Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
To be a good actor, you have to be very smart. But to be a great actor, you also have to have a streak of, 'I'm an idiot, a complete lunatic.'
There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.
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