PAUL MESCAL - Actor
Team Deakins
The Power of Silence
I find it difficult to judge people's process because I think good performances are hard to come by and yeah whatever it takes within reason but that is where the line gets blurry for me. When does it stop becoming an exercise in emotional accuracy and when does it become an exercise in ego? Emily Watson who I worked with on a film called God's Creatures said something that I've stolen from her and will steal forever which was "It's not a sin to take up creative space" She has this ability to become invisible sometimes when she needs to protect some sort of creative energy. That can be done by literally just removing yourself, like someone swinging a lens or using different lighting setup. It's about
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