i always say the real work of an actor is an inside job. because what you do is all inside. some people think about acting as though you are wearing a mask. but actually, most of the time you re taking away a mask. there s something that the camera sees that no matter what you do the camera finds. actors that i loved growing up, i loved spencer tracy. you always knew where he stood in everything. because in the final analysis, it doesn t matter a damn what we think. you look at his mark down on the ground where you have to stand so that you re in focus. but if the lens catches you, then everyone who s watching you realizes that you re lying to them, you re cheating. well, he would look right at his mark and he wouldn t cheat. he wouldn t go like that. he would look at his mark and
i always say the real work of an actor is an inside job. because what you do is all inside. some people think about acting as though you are wearing a mask. but actually, most of the time you re taking away a mask. there s something that the camera sees that no matter what you do the camera finds. actors that i loved growing up, i loved spencer tracy. you always knew where he stood in everything. because in the final analysis, it doesn t matter a damn what we think. you look at his mark down on the ground where you have to stand so that you re in focus. but if the lens catches you, then everyone who s watching you realizes that you re lying to them, you re cheating. well, he would look right at his mark and he wouldn t cheat. he wouldn t go like that. he would look at his mark and
stand so that you re in focus. but if the lens catches you, then everyone who s watching you realizes that you re lying to them, you re cheating. well, he would look right at his mark and he wouldn t cheat. he wouldn t go like that. he would look at his mark and go literally do this and he d walk over and stand there. then he d sit up like that and hook you in the eye and keep talking. you never for a moment thought he was looking at his mark. the movie s called for kind of acting that had never existed before. if you don t hit your mark you re out of focus. there may or may not be rehearsals. stories aren t filmed in sequence. you re acting for an audience of one, the camera. i had never acted before. even entertained the idea of acting. never thought about it. all of these people and all these cameras and lights. no, no the director took every inch of me out of me.
because what you do is all inside. some people think about acting as though you are wearing a mask. but actually, most of the time you re taking away a mask. there s something that the camera sees that no matter what you do the camera finds. actors that i loved growing up, i loved spencer tracy. you always knew where he stood in everything. because in the final analysis, it doesn t matter a damn what we think. you look at his mark down on the ground where you have to stand so that you re in focus. but if the lens catches you, then everyone who s watching you realizes that you re lying to them, you re cheating. well, he would look right at his mark and he wouldn t cheat. he wouldn t go like that. he would look at his mark and go literally do this and he d walk over and stand there. then he d sit up like that and