Julian Fellowes quote
Sep. 13th, 2011 08:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellenkushnerAbsolutely wonderful piece on the author of "Downton Abbey" (& screenplays of "Gosford Park," Vanity Fair," "Young Victoria' - which we recently saw & were suprisingly impressed by; now I know why - "Emma," etc.), Julian Fellowes, in this Sunday's NYTimes Magazine. Everything he says sounds right to me - I particularly loved this, though:
"I don't believe that most people wake up and think, How can I be horible today. In their brain it is a legitimate response to the bad treatment they have received or some bad situation they perceive. It's rather like when you're an actor, it's always a mistake to play the audience's opinion of your character. If you're horrible, let them decide without you."
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Thanks for all the useful casting suggestions for the Swordspoint audiobook! We're hot on the trail; I'll let you know how it goes. My producer dryly told me that we could not afford ALL the people I suggested for the plum roles - but I said it was simply my Wish List, and we'd just have to pick them off one by one.
(Of course, my big fantasy is that [YOUR SUPERSTAR'S NAME HERE] is approached, and says, "Swordspoint?! Omg, I love that book! Of course I'll do it for union scale!"
Shut up. It could happen.)
I did my first 3 chapters in the studio today. It went well, I think - but now I'm really wondering how long it's going to take to get up to speed and record all XXVIII of them! I hope some are quite short. I hope I don't have to do too many pickups. I hope that "one more for safey" doesn't mean I'm essentially recording the same book twice!
I hope you'll be pleased.
"I don't believe that most people wake up and think, How can I be horible today. In their brain it is a legitimate response to the bad treatment they have received or some bad situation they perceive. It's rather like when you're an actor, it's always a mistake to play the audience's opinion of your character. If you're horrible, let them decide without you."
* * *
Thanks for all the useful casting suggestions for the Swordspoint audiobook! We're hot on the trail; I'll let you know how it goes. My producer dryly told me that we could not afford ALL the people I suggested for the plum roles - but I said it was simply my Wish List, and we'd just have to pick them off one by one.
(Of course, my big fantasy is that [YOUR SUPERSTAR'S NAME HERE] is approached, and says, "Swordspoint?! Omg, I love that book! Of course I'll do it for union scale!"
Shut up. It could happen.)
I did my first 3 chapters in the studio today. It went well, I think - but now I'm really wondering how long it's going to take to get up to speed and record all XXVIII of them! I hope some are quite short. I hope I don't have to do too many pickups. I hope that "one more for safey" doesn't mean I'm essentially recording the same book twice!
I hope you'll be pleased.