Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci is an American actor, writer, producer and film director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 November 1960
CityPeekskill, NY
CountryUnited States of America
directing
Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.
worked
The majority of directors I've worked with didn't know how to talk to actors.
directed
I've directed a film set in the '50s.
elements history
It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning.
films knew period shooting shot specific
But I'd shot enough independent films as an actor, one as a director. I knew that you have to be very specific when you're shooting a period picture.
capable tremendous
He was capable of tremendous generosity, and of real cruelty,
acting later studied
So I went to SUNY. at Purchase, studied acting at the conservatory. Did some plays, later TV. Nothing unusual.
acting actors way
As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.
freak control-freak
I'm a control freak. Totally.
filmmaker practicals
The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.
style directors actors
As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking.
challenges involving
I love directing - it's always so involving, so challenging.
acting use
I like to use all of myself, and acting wasn't doing that.
taken roles gangsters
I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.