Happiness Is In The Doing Not In

Emma Watson Is My Kids' Favorite Actor On The Planet. They Never Took Me More Seriously Than When I Was Working With Her.

And The Best Films Feel Like A Fist Punching You In The Solar Plexus And All Elements Of The Filmmaking Process - The Acting, The Design, The Cinematography, The Music, Is All Working To One End.

What I Learned About Acting, From My Experiences Directing, Is Why So Many Producers And Directors Don't Like Actors. You Go Through All Of This Work Securing A Location, Figuring Out How To Get Electricity There, How To Get Trucks Parked Where They Need To Be, And Where Catering Is Going To Come From. And If The Actors Don't Come Up With Some Magic, It Actually Didn't Matter. That Creates A Lot Of Animosity Towards The Actors.

It Just Makes Sense To Remember Gratitude And The Place That Gratitude Should Have In Your Life, And That None Of Us Are Owed These Wonderful Experiences, And We Should Always Make The Best Of Them.

Alejandro Amenabar Is A Different Kind Of Director Than I Lot Of The Directors I've Asked For. He Really Asks You To Enter His Dream As Opposed To, You Know, A Guy Like Sidney Lumet Or Something Is Going To Ask You To Create A Character Almost Like A Documentary. He Wants You To Make The People Really Real And He's Going To Capture It Like A Documentarian.