Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.
The secret to film is that it's an illusion.
When you're a kid, you imagine acting to be singing and fighting and like the movies. Then you become an actor and get the reality, which is often a lot more mundane. But sometimes it's really nice to run around with guns saving the world.
Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light.
Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.
When I was a kid, I thought movies just came from air. I thought they just appeared.
People always remark on how I'm not as tall as I look in film. I tell them about the time I saw Lassie on a studio lot, and she was this tiny scruffy dog. Film makes you larger than life.
When you look at C-3PO and Darth Vader and then look at the actors behind them, you can't really make the connection. It kills the magic.
To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.
