When I work with filmmakers today, I'm really an advocate for the women's roles that I see, to make them as layered and as deep as possible. I think many of them are underwritten.
Barbara CramptonWith certain projects, there are delays, and with others, things come together very quickly. It can be frustrating but it's not uncommon, and you just have to keep a lot of things juggling and hoping all of these projects will go when all the pieces fall into place. You just have to be ready for whatever catches fire.
Barbara CramptonI guess in society there's no place for women in their older thirties. We're supposed to go sit on a shelf at some point... and wait.
Barbara CramptonI love reading scripts and offering notes and opinions. I'd like to be an advocate for the emerging filmmakers whom I'm working with.
Barbara CramptonIt's very difficult to put together an independent movie and a lot of times people really don't hire casting directors for that. Instead, they look for people that they've seen in other movies or they're friends with.
Barbara CramptonDon't watch people's individual performances. Watch the energy that's being passed between them, and then you'll see if the scene is really working or if the actors are really doing their job. If they're playing with the energy that's between them, they're not just acting in their own little bubble.
Barbara Crampton