When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.
When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.
It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film.
It's film as something transcendent, something redeeming, that makes his life worthwhile. It's a tremendously life-affirming film. And yet it's about not making a film. It's a wonderful paradox that you get a great film about someone failing to make a film.
Before I start shooting I have all the actors know where we are going with every scene, what the intention is and where we are trying to get to.
You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.
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