Being
on a professional set just reminds me of ALL the reasons I love
acting! I’d strayed for a bit, because I’ve been preoccupied with
producing, directing and writing…but there is a JOY that comes with
acting…
I
love that although I probably have the least amount of lines of all the
actors on set, I was treated just as equally as them all. I love
realizing that I have production assistant specifically assigned to
me! I even had a stand in! What!
Other
than the little stuff, this was truly the friendliest cast I’ve ever
worked with! They embraced me like I was a LEAD actor on set. Lucy Liu,
Jon Michael Hill and Aidan Quinn conversed with me during almost
every down moment. And the guest star Sean Pertwee was amazingly free
spirited. We discussed everything from where we
grew up (Jon and Aidan somehow learned that I was from Chicago- we share
hometowns), and Lucy Liu was all about making
sure if any pictures were taking of us, that we must have the right
amount of light! She knew my pics were going straight to the web! The
director Seith Mann, chatted with me and thanked me a couple of times
for being there. And I just felt like wow, I want
to do this ALWAYS!
Most
importantly, I did learn something about acting…something I knew, but
it was reinforced, and it needed reinforcing…that is, doing NOTHING on
camera is doing SO MUCH! If I were not looking directly at them
acting…they appeared to exude almost no energy, barely speaking above
whisper. I kept thinking, what is that looking like on screen? It
seems so dull, but then I looked at the directors monitor…and it was
PERFECT… They WERENT ACTING! And that is the key-
that was my lesson…yet again, I realized that sometimes, I’m just doing
too much. GRRRR…It is really hard to fight with my Theater
background….But I got it…this time, I got it.
Overall,
they were a really friendly bunch-the crew and the actors…I watched on
as they all just embraced everyone, extras and all.
This is the kind of of set I always want to work on, whether I am running it as a Director/ Producer or acting on it.
Find out by watching the Face of Darkness Documentary promo:
