As the son of a director, I really believe an actor's place is just to shut-up and do what you're told to some agree.
Max MinghellaThe weird thing about acting is you're the most competent when you're at your best, but you have to be validated. It's a weird kind of vicious circle.
Max MinghellaWhen you have to cast movies from a producer's standpoint - when you've been on the other side of casting sessions - you just get a completely different perspective on what that process is of getting a job for an actor. You realize how completely impersonal it is. If anything, I think it's made me a lot less sensitive. So much of this is logic and business, and it's got nothing to do with whether people are good or not. Unfortunately, I think that's one of the last things that gets factored in when you're assembling a cast.
Max Minghella