Dan Futterman
Dan Futterman
Daniel Paul "Dan" Futtermanis an American actor and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth8 June 1967
CitySilver Spring, MD
CountryUnited States of America
artistic good less merit
Does 'Shooting Fish' have less artistic merit than a play like 'Angels In America,' which I did? Well, probably. But it's good for something.
attracted couple good material opposed terrible
I think I'm kind of attracted to the material more than the medium. I'm not opposed to doing a television show, though. I actually think there are a couple of good ones. And there is some terrible theater. Film is a very different kind of acting.
bright certain death exactly family feeling gets guy half involving phil prepared remember saying scenario serious understand walked
And then Phil walked into the room. I'm not certain exactly what he'd prepared -- I think it was a scenario involving a death in the family -- but he was a mess, bright red, sobbing, you couldn't even understand what he was saying half the time. But it was powerful. He was this 16-year-old ex-jock, and I remember very distinctly feeling that if I was going to act, I'd have to get serious about it. Because this guy completely gets it.
people persona
His persona was what people responded to with shock,
arc controls final follows natural nature theater whereas
With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there's no editing, so there's something more natural about the arc a character follows in a play. I think theater is more an actor's medium, whereas film is more a director's medium, because that's who controls the final feel of the film.
bombay walks thrilling
I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
writing mind actors
Once you start working with a particular actor, that actor becomes very present in your mind as your mind as you're writing subsequent episodes.