9 The First Round—What You Need and Where You Need It
“A writer’s contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that’s what being a director is.”
—TAYLOR HACKFORID
“Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. I’m curious about other people. That’s the essence of my acting. I’m interested in what it would be like to be you.”
—MERYL STREEP
Actors Speak: In Session
“The worst that ever happened to me? Smoking in the audition room. Just before I went in to sing they had been smoking. The small room was filled with smoke. So inconsiderate. I ...
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