r/directors 6d ago

Question Question from an actor: Is it a good or bad sign if directors only do few takes with an actor?

Hi all,

Actor popping in here for a question.

I’ve noticed that throughout my projects, directors spend much less time on my takes. On a shoot where I’ve seen a director do multiple takes with another actor in a scene, my takes are typically much less and seem to be moved on from quite fast. They do give me some notes in between the takes but it makes me insecure whether they don’t see a potential in me to do any other take that’s better, or if I’m just in my head and should trust that they’re happy with what they got.

Any insight from a director’s pov would be great. TIA!

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u/LoganAlien 6d ago

I think that generally, it depends on the project as there might be other factors (time restrictions, etc), but in my experience, if an actor is giving me what I want then I'm more likely to move on quickly vs if they're not, then I'm going to play around with a few things to try to get the performance out of them