American - Actor | October 12, 1981 -
People aren't making as many movies as they used to, so youve got a lot of really big-name actors who are coming in, and they want to do pilots, so things kind of disappear for those of us who kind of have to still get in the room and audition and read for it.
Brian J. Smith
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You get so close, a lot of close calls, and then it just doesn't happen. That's just the way the industry is. It's very difficult.
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You'll get, like, 10 pages of sides the night before, and you have to go in and just wing it. For someone like me, I came from the theater, and I don't like putting anything up in front of anybody until it's really, really ready, so it can be very frustrating.
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I've been doing sci-fi for two years, and there is always something big going on. The stakes are always huge. You're fighting for your life, or you're dealing with personal stuff. It has really high stakes attached to it, and there are green screen and explosions. You're going out on these really cool locations.
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When I was a first year student at Julliard, I wasn't happy, not sure about this acting thing.
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When you think someone really has the upper hand, you realize that someone has been played the entire time, and there's a whole other layer where you think the person who is doing the playing has also been played.
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What is it like to get in someone's head and hunt them from inside their eyes? That's so freaky to me.
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In the wake of such bad news, it was heartening to know that what 'Sense8' stood for meant so much to so many people.
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My favorite singer is Ella Fitzgerald.
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Anything by D. H. Lawrence or Jean Genet - 'Zen Mind,' 'Beginner's Mind' is my daily go to for non-fiction.
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First season of 'Survivor' - Richard Hatch was fascinating.
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Nothing changes if we keep playing it safe.
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