Scott Mechlowicz Quotes

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

I like drama. My first movie that I did, 'Soul Survivors', was a drama, and I'm just drawn to that; that's sort of my forte.

You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do.

I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart.

I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.

I acted in a couple friends's short films and thought I was gonna be really good and mysterious and sexy. And I was just terrible and self-aware.

I worked two days in Texas and two days in Hollywood on 'Bonnie and Clyde,' and that was it. I had no idea how it was going to turn out. And when I saw it, I was so upset, or fascinated, or something, by the sight of myself on the screen that I could hardly pay attention to the rest of the movie.

From my earliest days as an actress, I had always been drawn to learning the director's job.

I cannot tell you that I ever fell in love with the theater as an audience. I fell in love with the theater as an actor for a period of time, but I have struggled as an audience, and I struggle more now than then. I was always a movie guy.

With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.

Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

On a very small scale, I kind of understand why the directors that I work with do certain things. I don't consider myself an incredible director. I'm not ready to do movies by any means. But, I feel like I can be a better actress now that I've been on the other side and kind of understand the process and more of the technical aspects of it.

Now, learning how to make a movie is something you can figure out in about an afternoon. The physics of it, the marks, the lights, etc. What's hard to do is to suspend your own feelings of self consciousness. The natural actors can do that; they can become part of a characterization and learn how to maintain it.

I want to have a scene with Maggie Smith.

I'd love to do a romantic comedy. And perhaps, if the character was right and I had a good gut instinct, a Bollywood movie. And I'd love to direct. One day. I'm learning a lot on the set of 'The Good Wife.'

Film is new for me so I'm so fascinated by it and love it, but I would pass out if I could never do theater again. I'd be physically ill!

I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.

One of my favorite things about doing movies is that you get to do different things you'd never do in real life.

I prefer working on films. I like the variety. There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then playing someone sweet for the next two. Films give you this opportunity.

I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.

The film itself, and my role as Moses, will always remain one of the creative peaks of my career.

My relationship with every film is more or less the same, but the experience is the difference. It comes with the people I am working with, the character I play.