46 Quotes by William Mapother

In the summer of 2009, I was at the Shakespeare lab at the public theater in New York.

Every actor has their own method, so I'm not suggesting what works for me will work for everybody else.

One of the advantages of shooting digitally was that we had a lot of time. When you shoot, even if you do a good performance, it may get lost in the editing room. It's just one more way that a potentially good film might go astray.

I feel honored to be a part of something that provided people with entertainment and that inspired conversations. I feel very, very fortunate.

One of the great things about film is that, typically anything that's introduced in the first five minutes, the audiences will by into.

I went to Notre Dame. I don't know if that has any relevance, but maybe we all had a little too much philosophy and theology.

So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and mark off the ones I've already met over the years. The few remaining I asked my agent and manager, "See if you can set up some meetings while I'm here."

I do like taking on responsibility, sometimes too much. But I was aware of that early on and it's something that came up in the previous set of interviews, and that is the actor‛s contribution.

It's because you have no power. You give them all the material and the cinematographer, the director, the editor, boy what they can choose... You better hope they like you because they can slice and dice and make you look like a damn fool when your face and body are up there on a 30-foot screen.