Pastoral Resources

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls.

The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

I'm a firm believer that actors take to work who they aren't at home. People show their other self in their art or in their work.

Actors love mental disorders, dialects, and corsets. Give them one of the three and they're happy.

I, also, found the opportunity to work with the actors extremely gratifying and rewarding.

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

I think I've had more of a variety in what I've done than most actors.

On general principle, I boycott shows that don't employ actors.

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.

There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see what the other players are giving to you. It's all about the transfer of energy between different actors.

It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us.

I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably.

We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable.

What impresses me is the young actors with terrific talent arriving on the scene. They'd have blown us all away in the old days. Guys like Brad Pitt.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.

A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills.

I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared.

I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.