Casting the right actor for the right part is some unspoken thing between the two of you to communicate.
Peter WeirI carve stone. I've got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural of birds and trees.
Peter WeirIn terms of how I work with actors, having worked so heavily on the script I have a very clear idea of the characters; they are reasonably well illustrated in the script. If you cast it right, to a great degree you can hand it over to the actor and I just make suggestions. I'm not the kind of director who needs or wants to get into too much finessing. Ideally, when you hit the set, you have this conversation, like, 'eh, what did you think?' 'I don't know, what did you think?' 'Why don't we just try it again, make a few physical changes.'
Peter WeirMovies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren't fully realised.
Peter Weir