Actors Are Annoying

NOT.

(They just like being expressive.)

Actors are not robots, though there are a great majority of them. Actors are not just people who you can program an emotion into and then expect results. Actors take their acting very seriously, or at least most of them do, and have a passion for acting wherever and whenever possible.**

I was learning in Sociology class that we tend to act the way that others treat us. For instance, if a director treats his actors like they are egotistical, annoying, and difficult to work with, then the actors will start to feel and act egotistical, act annoying, and they will become difficult to work with. That's why I feel that it is crucial for directors and actors to have a good relationship with each other. If a director goes in with a pessimistic attitude about actors and views them negatively, then the relationship between the director and actors will deteriorate and make the movie that much harder to work on. Also, if you have that reputation as a director who doesn't treat their actors well, then actors will be less likely to work for you or go in with their own attitude about you that isn't good.

I think part of the bitterness might be in the fact that the audience is more concerned about actors in movies than the directors or screenwriters. While this isn't always true, I believe it makes the crew feel like they aren't being appreciated enough for what they've worked on and completed. This could possibly be the start of the bitter feelings towards actors.

I want to be a editor. And I know that even though the job of a editor can be really tough they don't have as much recognition as a director or screenwriter and especially an actor. Will this make me bitter? It doesn't have to. It hasn't stopped people like me from waiting during the credits for the editor's name to appear and then clapping for them.

Every part of filming is crucial. You can't separate the different jobs and say that one is more important than the other or easier than the other. Everyone working on the film is striving towards the same goal, to create a film for a specific purpose. Whether that purpose is to inspire, intrigue, or just to entertain, everyone wants to make the film successful.


**I really enjoy acting.