I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.

I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.

You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.

I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones, with huge blind spots in terms of their own behavior.