There's never been a mathematical equation that says a good experience making a movie equates to a good movie, or a bad experience on a set is going to lead to a bad movie.
My very worst day on 'Green Lantern' was nowhere near as difficult as my finest day on 'Buried.'
When a bunch of stuff is happening on set, you have to remember the grander purpose: you're telling a story, so you have to get to that moment, and that takes supreme focus.
Generally I try to be as healthy as possible, but it's hard to be on set because anything and everything is available to you. I'm healthy half the time, and half the time I'm like, 'Sure let me go back and see whatever snack they have laid out.'
Being on set is difficult for the writer. Your job is done, and you have to step back and hand it over to the director.
I can be prickly and difficult on set.
When you don't feel good about a film after taking it up, spending 10-15 days on the shoot sets becomes difficult.
Every episode [in a TV series] is a challenge, and what's challenging in most episodes is the monster. You're always a heartbeat from the monster looking ridiculous. You really have to work so hard to make them not look like ridiculous when they turn up on the set.
Because of my wrestling background, nothing a director can throw at me on a set can faze me.
I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.
Kids on the set tend to be a pain, and if they're not, their parents are.
When you come to the set, and are aware of the limitations of the script or the director, don't expect the pigs to fly.
I never really thought about acting as a child. It wasn't like, "This is the career that I want to pursue." So when I first started acting, I was more concerned with just being on a set and all of the woes of that, and I didn't really know it or understand it as a craft yet.
I did 'Impromptu,' which was a thrill and a horror all at once - my first movie and having to do it in Paris, and my wife wrote it, and I had some difficulties on the set, blah, blah, blah.
One of the problems of a director on the set is that we become overwhelmed by all the factors and threads of production, that sometimes we can't focus on our main job, which is steering the performances to create the whole film.
Well, you have absolutely no idea what a nightmare it was to be on a set, trying to figure out how I was going to find out what time it is, how I was going to get my meds, and at the same time not have it be obvious to someone.
I couldn't imagine screaming 'Action!' on an outdoor set over a wind machine or whatever.
It is always a nice feeling when you are challenged by a scene and you walk out of trailer and you go on set going I don't know. And then half an hour later you're walking back.
