We Want To Be Seen For Who

This Is A Good Thing To Say To Film Students. If There's A Story Point That You Don't Feel Right About, That There's A Question You Have - "does It Really Make Sense?" Or, "is That Plausible? Is It Implausible? Is It Set Up?" Or Whatever. Go At It. Don't Let It Go. If There's A Question In Your Mind, You're Probably Right. You Probably Do Need To Work On It And Think About It More.

I'm Just As Intrigued By Acting As Ever. It's An Ongoing Process. There's No Arrival. There's No Point At Which You Say "oh, Ok, Done It, Got It." It Just Doesn't Happen. And That's True Of Any Creative Endeavor. For Me, It's Just A Lifelong Interest. I'm Very Much Interested In The Craft. I Started By Doing Plays And It Took Me A Long Time To Feel Comfortable Doing Movies, Working With Cameras. I Felt Like I Was A Theater Actress Pretending That I Was A Movie Actress For Quite A While. Now, I Just Love The Process Of Working With Cameras And Being On A Set And Trying To Put A Film Together.

It's Always Tricky To Watch Yourself, Always. When I First Had To Watch Myself, It Was Really Hard Because I'd Done Quite A Few Plays And I've Never Seen Myself. So I Was Professional But I'd Never Watched Myself. So I Was Like Hearing You Know... I'm Sure You Guys Are All Much More Familiar With That Because Everybody Has A Phone, And Everyone's Taking Pictures Of Themselves And Making Movies Of Themselves. And So People Are More Accustomed To It Now. So I Had To Get Used To It Because There's A Lot To Be Learned, Of Course, As An Actor. When You Watch Yourself, You Learn A Lot.

Most Of The People That I've Worked With When Shooting Films That I Really Respect, There Is A Point Which You Do Become Obsessed In A Good Way. And Because It's A Collaborative Medium, You're Not By Yourself In A Room Tearing Your Hair Out, You're In A Room With A Bunch Of People. And We're All Tearing Our Hairs Out, Or Trying To Get Something Right, Or Caring Deeply About Something. But That's Fun.

I Had Never Met An Actress Or An Actor When I Thought That I Might Like To Be One. I Had Never Been Around People In Show Business Or From The Theater Or From Movies Or Anything. And I Say That As An Encouragement, I Don't Know Some People Who Want To Be Doing What I'm Doing Or Be Involved In Film. You Don't Have To Be From It To Get Interested And Get Involved. I Certainly Wasn't.