I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type.
The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.
I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?
There are level-headed actors and outlandish actors and financially responsible actors and financially irresponsible actors.
A lot of good actors tend to be quite introverted as people.
Actors are not necessarily smart people.
Actors are easy to like. They are generally sociable, thoughtful people.
My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors.
Film actors are, by nature, more complicated than stage actors.
They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.
I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were.
I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet.
