Producing is the antidote to acting. Producing is practical problem solving all day long. As opposed to endless self-obsession and navel gazing. Alessandro Nivola More Quotes by Alessandro Nivola More Quotes From Alessandro Nivola I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am. Alessandro Nivola costumes imagination believe I guess Ive always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor. Alessandro Nivola actors boundaries wanted The thing with being able to do accents is that it's still completely separate from being an actor. Alessandro Nivola accents able actors I'm a restless person. I get bored very quickly, particularly with myself. I've used acting as an escape and a way to channel my nervous energy. So I've always looked to find a role that's as different from the one before it. I need change and variety or start to feel depressed. Alessandro Nivola bored acting energy I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American. Alessandro Nivola film producers gone I live right under the Hollywood sign, so that every day when I drive home I'm reminded of why I'm here. Alessandro Nivola hollywood home You have to be in movies that make money to be offered work. Basically that's the equation. There's no real way around that. That said, you don't ever make decisions solely for that reason. Alessandro Nivola decision real way Géza Röhrig is just incredible because he's not an actor, he's a Hungarian poet. He also happens to be a brilliant actor. He's totally unusual, the way he talks and thinks and operates isn't in the same language as you're used to from actors who've been in a lot of things before. It brings this completely bizarre and fresh, wonderful way of approaching everything that I love being around. Not where I'm, as a producer, having to interact with him as an artist, but as somebody who can stand back and admire what he's bringing to this thing that I've nurtured to create a stage for him. Alessandro Nivola artist love-is thinking There are so many factors that go into how you feel, as a performer, on any given movie, that it's really hard to identify which things are the things that help you be good, and which are the things that hinder you. Alessandro Nivola how-you-feel given helping The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film. Alessandro Nivola research real stories People are always going to identify with what it's like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things. Alessandro Nivola strong judging people Just getting to the point where we are now with 'To Dust' movie - where we've raised the money, put the crew together, signed all the actors up and are going on a certain date - is one of the biggest achievements of my life. It's nice, and producing definitely helps me to use the other side of my brain. I get brain fatigue from all of the creative drive. Alessandro Nivola achievement nice creative I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me. Alessandro Nivola acting character people A lot of the time with child actors, you get the feeling they’re trying to have a kind of poise or presentation that’s beyond their years that might be put on, but also might be because they’ve spent years just hanging out with adults and they don’t even have a sense of what it’s like to grow up with kids their own age. Alessandro Nivola growing-up kids children Yeah, I’ve played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up and I’ve even had to play music in a lot of films that I’ve done. Alessandro Nivola growing-up band play There's something different about an indie film than a TV show that has a huge infrastructure that's in place already for you - at least financially and in terms of distribution. Whereas an indie film is just a total dare. Alessandro Nivola dare film different When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it. Alessandro Nivola accents speak helping Well, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses. Alessandro Nivola party college school There are so many things that have to go right for a movie to be good that it's a miracle whenever one is. Alessandro Nivola be-good miracle You're making these movies for pennies, there's absolutely nothing to offer anybody, and they will still fight you! "There's no more back-end for him? Well he'll have your back-end! He'll take your first born child!" Producing is totally exhausting. Alessandro Nivola fighting children
