Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting.
I find that a lot of the good acting comes out when you're physically being pushed: your brain turns off and just deals with the situation at hand. You get to a point where you're exhausted at the end of the day, but I quite like that.
'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?
Claire Danes in 'Homeland' just blew me away. She is so intuitive, and her choices are so unique. When you see somebody like that work, you just have to stop in your tracks. It is a lesson in what good acting really is, and it is so inspiring to be around.
I think good acting results when working together in a comfortable environment.
Good acting is consistency of performance.
I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because what we're really doing is trying to establish their character, and good acting to me is about reacting.
When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.
I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.
The thing about good acting is asking, how much are you going to reveal and when should you let the viewers' imagination take over?
