EVERY actor talks about not wanting to watch themselves in anything. Thankfully, Jason Bateman agrees with me on its benefits. Its not like self worship or some deluded idiocy. Its a combination of learning from what you did/didnt accomplish, while relishing in the fact that, when you were a kid, this would have BLOWN YOUR MIND. We do the magic trick enough, that at some point, I kind of want to see the trick. Even if its imperfect. I’ve always learned a lot about what I need to be better by watching myself because you can feel like you’re communicating x level of anger or happiness or nervousness and then you can watch it on film and it’s just not as good. Or big or small as you intended. You also learn lens sizes and what lighting can do; what the composition is and where you fit in the frame. So it’s been really educational for me over the years, I’m always amazed at how actors don’t look at themselves and how there’s a shyness about that because it’s antithetical to what they’re doing. They’re doing something for the public, yet they can’t stand to watch themselves… I don’t know. And nine times out of ten, those actors are fantastic! And they don’t treat themselves to watching how good they are. Read more at collider/bad-words-jason-bateman-interview/#pHR3RoRPYfqW9pPT.99
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:56:48 +0000
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