Definitely, my approach is me-oriented. I feel like my job is to safeguard the believability of the emotions of the character.
Casey AffleckMy mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.
Casey AffleckIn New York, as long as you're not peeing in someone's doorway, everyone thinks you're a gentleman.
Casey AffleckWhen you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As an actor, you go and do your thing, and someone else down the line then does all the math and goes, "We can't include that thing where he's pretending to be dumb and needling those people, because it takes a minute and a half, and it ruins the next scene. It doesn't make sense." If you're directing, you're the one doing that.
Casey Affleck