In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies.
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When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.
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Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.
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Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb.
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Directors are supposed to help the audience. Good directors don't direct actors.
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Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct.
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I think the best work flows out of a collaborative environment.
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People tend to work in teams, in a collaborative way, in an informal network. If you create an environment like that, it's much more effective and much more efficient.
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Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.
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Directors, like actors, get typecast.
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I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.
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Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.
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The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.
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A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
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Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.
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I think Star Trek has been very double-edged for all of us - as actors, writers, directors.
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I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.
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Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment, in human organizations. Here again, while we cannot predict the result of any given input, we can say that it will likely fall within one of several areas.
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The great thing about movies is that they're collaborative. And the worst thing is that they're collaborative.
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I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors.
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