David Sutcliffe

Painful, painful. Well, I learned this as an actor because when I first started out in Hollywood, you get there and you think that everybody knows what they're doing. And they're smarter than you. At least that's what I thought. And, you know, so you listen to a lot of directors, you know, tell you how to play scenes.

And it got to a point where, you know, I would see the scene and I thought, yeah, I don't think that was the right choice. Now, it's my face on the screen, right? So if it's not resonating, people aren't thinking about the director, they're thinking about me. So there's a certain point I just... Decided to take ownership of everything.

And it got to a point where, you know, I would see the scene and I thought, yeah, I don't think that was the right choice. Now, it's my face on the screen, right? So if it's not resonating, people aren't thinking about the director, they're thinking about me. So there's a certain point I just... Decided to take ownership of everything.

And it got to a point where, you know, I would see the scene and I thought, yeah, I don't think that was the right choice. Now, it's my face on the screen, right? So if it's not resonating, people aren't thinking about the director, they're thinking about me. So there's a certain point I just... Decided to take ownership of everything.

And occasionally you'd get into conflict with directors, but the choice was I got to do it my way. I want to listen, of course, to what people are saying and take that information in. But ultimately I have to do it my way and live or die by it.

And occasionally you'd get into conflict with directors, but the choice was I got to do it my way. I want to listen, of course, to what people are saying and take that information in. But ultimately I have to do it my way and live or die by it.

And occasionally you'd get into conflict with directors, but the choice was I got to do it my way. I want to listen, of course, to what people are saying and take that information in. But ultimately I have to do it my way and live or die by it.

Yeah, I think that's absolutely right. I might use the word faith, having faith in your inner impulses to stay in the television and movie acting references. When I was growing up, I was a big fan of John Cassavetes. And he was kind of the original independent filmmaker. And his films were wild and raw and crazy. And he had a great career as a mainstream Hollywood actor.

Yeah, I think that's absolutely right. I might use the word faith, having faith in your inner impulses to stay in the television and movie acting references. When I was growing up, I was a big fan of John Cassavetes. And he was kind of the original independent filmmaker. And his films were wild and raw and crazy. And he had a great career as a mainstream Hollywood actor.

Yeah, I think that's absolutely right. I might use the word faith, having faith in your inner impulses to stay in the television and movie acting references. When I was growing up, I was a big fan of John Cassavetes. And he was kind of the original independent filmmaker. And his films were wild and raw and crazy. And he had a great career as a mainstream Hollywood actor.

But his films were just something else entirely. And he had this quote about all these people. They go to Hollywood. And they start getting into commercial projects and they say one day that they're going to do something creative. They're going to do something artistic, do something true to themselves, but they never do.

But his films were just something else entirely. And he had this quote about all these people. They go to Hollywood. And they start getting into commercial projects and they say one day that they're going to do something creative. They're going to do something artistic, do something true to themselves, but they never do.

But his films were just something else entirely. And he had this quote about all these people. They go to Hollywood. And they start getting into commercial projects and they say one day that they're going to do something creative. They're going to do something artistic, do something true to themselves, but they never do.

Because once you buy into that and exactly what you're saying, once you stop listening to those innermost impulses, you start to forget that they're there. And so that had a huge impact on me. And I've done my best, not perfectly. I don't think any of us do it perfectly, to live by that, to live by that inner intuition, those inner impulses, like that thing that is inside me.

Because once you buy into that and exactly what you're saying, once you stop listening to those innermost impulses, you start to forget that they're there. And so that had a huge impact on me. And I've done my best, not perfectly. I don't think any of us do it perfectly, to live by that, to live by that inner intuition, those inner impulses, like that thing that is inside me.

Because once you buy into that and exactly what you're saying, once you stop listening to those innermost impulses, you start to forget that they're there. And so that had a huge impact on me. And I've done my best, not perfectly. I don't think any of us do it perfectly, to live by that, to live by that inner intuition, those inner impulses, like that thing that is inside me.

There's a knowingness that we all have, and only we know it. And if we start asking everybody, you know, is this okay? Is that okay? They're going to be, maybe they'll be able to give you some legitimate reflection. But at the end of the day, I think anybody who's successful at a certain point, they stood alone. They just went on their own intuition, their own gut, and they took a risk.

There's a knowingness that we all have, and only we know it. And if we start asking everybody, you know, is this okay? Is that okay? They're going to be, maybe they'll be able to give you some legitimate reflection. But at the end of the day, I think anybody who's successful at a certain point, they stood alone. They just went on their own intuition, their own gut, and they took a risk.

There's a knowingness that we all have, and only we know it. And if we start asking everybody, you know, is this okay? Is that okay? They're going to be, maybe they'll be able to give you some legitimate reflection. But at the end of the day, I think anybody who's successful at a certain point, they stood alone. They just went on their own intuition, their own gut, and they took a risk.

And, um, and that's how they became successful. You have to, you have to follow it. The more you do, the more confidence you, you have in it. And exactly the less you do it, the more I think lost you become.