The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.

  • -- Elia Kazan 伊利亚·卡赞

你应该做的第一件事就是不要和一个演员签合同。带他去吃饭。然后带他去散步。

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I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project.

我的意思是,如果你在指导演员做一件事,然后又完全因为你想让他们做的那件事可能行不通而指导他们做另一件事,那么你只是在粉碎他们对这个项目的信心。

I think women think a lot about cycles, biological and personal. This year another cycle came around: my contract was up. It seemed an opportunity to take a life audit.

我认为女性会考虑很多生理周期和个人周期。今年又出现了一个周期:我的合同到期了。这似乎是一次人生审计的机会。

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

当你作为一名演员工作时,即使是最简单的事情,你也要感到安全。

Marriage is a financial contract; I have enough contracts already.

婚姻是一种财务契约;我已经有足够的合同了。