I would hate to be a bitter, aging actor.
When scoring a film, empathy is the key. And it is just as important to use music to express the actors' emotions as it is to move the audience.
I had worked with many actors who were angry at times and often found them to be tense.
I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.
'Mercury' is one of the most challenging projects I have worked on. From the nuances of the actors' expressions to the minute technicals of the movie, everything needed to be monitored and looked into. The actors were required to emote purely with their face.
I got, like, Diane Keaton's manager, and she was very connected; she had power. And she was like, "Your star is in tears on this comedy. Do you even notice that at all?"
Gene Kelly was a little tough, and he used to yell at me on the set.
I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'
It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.
Actors are always a little high at work. Acting is their drug. So when you put the brakes on, they're naturally a little disappointed.
The emotions of the actors are better when they understand the chronological factors that are adding to the story.
One day, we were doing a serious scene and fast talking like we do and we could not stop laughing and the director had to stop the production. We had to go to our trailer and calm down and do it all again.
Sometimes actors can be super sensitive!
It's frustrating sometimes for actors because you slam it out and you have a great time, you think it's funny, and then for whatever reason the movie doesn't come together.
Once I got so worried because I had to hit my costar with a glass bottle that I began crying.
