Before we actually got on the set: I had never made a movie, I had only worked on the stage

Before we actually got on the set: I had never made a movie, I had only worked on the stage And when I reminded him through the initial interview that I had never made a movie I said, "Do you remember I had never made a movie?" He's on the phone with me and he says, "I remember." I said, "Well?" In reading my mind, he said, "I'll give you some instruction." On the very first day of production, he gave me these instructions: He said, "Go look through the lens." I walk over to the camera, The cameraman stepped aside I looked through the lens I turned back to John Houston John Houston said, "See those... Those are the frame lines!" I looked again through the lines... And I said to him, "You mean the line that shows the cameraman what the audience sees?" He says, "Yes! Those are the frame lines... Now answer yourself this: What needs to be there?" From that, of course, the door was open to me to learn a awful lot of things to know by the end. First of all, the actor has to do the detective work to find out what the writer intended! The writer wrote this, and scripted it, and instructed the scenes Now you got to figure out why you're in the scene Why this scene is in the movie What you add to the movie What the color or whatever you have to do to deliver to the movie You have to do that for the writer For the director: In this particular shot, you gotta do something Make an entrance, make an exit, add some dialogue, or move some props around But whatever those things are, the director's gotta be served You gotta find out what the director needs and deliver that when the director says "Action" That's not the end of it... The guy who sets the lights, watch him be in there One listening for the words got to give them correctly Otherwise at the end of the shot, someone says, "No good for sound, start again." And if I put the cup in the wrong place, somebody says, "No good for continuity sake. Start again." If I do something too big for the size of the shot that I'm in... Somebody behind the lens says, "No good for composition. Start again." Everybody on that set is your boss. Everybody needs something from you! You have to deliver it to everybody, and that's not the end of it! The other actor may have to do this, emotionally in the scene. You got to build him or her a little ramp so the other actor can do this emotionally in the scene For the one who is editing this You gotta know What the roller coaster track of this movie looks like so you can contribute to the dials of the ups If going around the curves, you're not believeable... Your audience won't stick with you til the end of the picture They'll fly out of this roller coaster car before they get to the end You owe your audience believability And for the one who hires you, You gotta be ready on that first take To deliver the goods So that that producer...help that producer bring his picture in on time You have obligations to everybody on that set And when you do...when you deliver to everybody Somebody says, "Cut, print, move on to the next shot." You have done your job as an actor. You are at everybody's behalf. And you must supply, deliver it to everybody on that set. It is a really interesting thing to do Sounds like a hard thing, but I promise you it isn't There are actors I know: There are lots of actors who I would not trust with a grocery list Who could do that eight days a week. It is not that hard to deliver an action, which advantages everybody's needs at once. Actors do it eight days a week! In life, we can, if we choose, deliver other people's needs just by being conscious of them And deciding to deliver to what those around us need from us. We can deliver a much better action if we decide to as part of doing the best you can, right now. Life is short Deliver that action right now, and get that reward they'll always tell you you'll get. Word is self-respect and satisfaction (to host): not just yet, I'm coming to my punchline. Which is... When you deliver your excellent best, you get that reward, you give yourself the best shot at the best future you've got coming. But it's all in the right now, this is the only moment you got! Thank you Words of advice from great actor Bob A very over-rated actor -Aww, come on! Thank you -Thank you, thank you so much, Bob! Thank you so much!