American - Actor | October 12, 1981 -
You're not supposed to do a television series that takes place in nine cities all over the globe. Everyone will tell you that that's undoable.
Brian J. Smith
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As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.
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When you have 12 hours of storytelling, the cool thing about it is that you get to really leave people with question marks, but hopefully wanting to come back.
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Gosh, for me, when I was 15 or 16 years old, I was just starting to understand ideas and film and things like that. And then, you go see a movie like 'The Matrix' that absolutely blows your mind. It's not just trying to entertain you, but it's also trying to explore something about human nature and ask some really deep questions.
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I saw a production of 'The Seagull' at Dallas Theatre Center when I was in high school, and it really did a number on me.
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I loved the idea that acting was something you could develop into slowly; something you could study.
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I try not to read acting books any more, but they set a high bar for me very early on.
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Juilliard. It was a brutal and beautiful experience.
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I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing.
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Directing a television episode is no joke, and it's incredibly difficult and especially when you're acting in it as well.
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I will say, I quite enjoyed 'SG-1'. I'm a very big fan of 'SG-1'. I especially love Ben Browder. I thought he did fantastic work in that.
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I think David Hewlett is a comedic genius. I think he's great.
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