We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds. Josh Radnor More Quotes by Josh Radnor More Quotes From Josh Radnor After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,' I am once again officially allergic to dogs. Josh Radnor southern dog mind If I’m feeling something, I have a lot of different ways to express it, you know? I can write an article about it. I can write a screenplay about it. I can act in someone’s thing. Josh Radnor different feelings writing Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun. Josh Radnor favorites-things acting fun I've always been attracted to ensembles. When I started doing plays in high school and in college, I always loved the community aspect of it. I loved these little families that would develop. Josh Radnor college play school In writing scripts now, having made a film, I'm much more conscious of what it means to shoot and edit a movie, and that affects the writing. Josh Radnor scripts writing mean I learned to choose my battles. Sometimes I let my producer deal with something that I didn't want to deal with. Josh Radnor battle want sometimes I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it. Josh Radnor directing-movies helping people You can say something that can really help and actor and you can say something that can really get in the way of an actor's performance, kind of cut them off from their instincts and really get into their heads. And every actor's different. Every actor requires something different. Being an actor, for me, was the greatest training to be a writer and director. Josh Radnor training cutting actors Each film is difficult, in its own particular way. There's a unique set of challenges on every movie. Josh Radnor unique challenges way I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head. Josh Radnor environment writing culture I feel comfortable with women. I have two sisters, so I grew up in a female-dominated environment. Josh Radnor environment female two When I'm working, it's great. When I'm not working, it's great. Josh Radnor working-it My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head. Josh Radnor fun school thinking One thing I'm most proud of, in my movies, is that I think the performances are super-strong, but that's not all me. I think part of it is casting appropriately. Josh Radnor proud strong thinking There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries. Josh Radnor reading kids book And so, however many people watch this thing, that's how many different opinions there will be about it. But I don't feel like it has an agenda in terms of its ideology. It just presents a story like a mirror. It's a mirror more than it is than a distorted mirror. Josh Radnor agendas mirrors people The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone. Josh Radnor important attitude directors I remember the first day I was looking at my hands and I thought about my nails. People wouldn't really be paying attention to that, but a Civil War doctor - What would they be doing with their nails? Would they cut them really low? And Dr. Burns said, "No, they would let them grow out so they can scoop stuff out. They would use their nails." So for a while I let my nails grow. They were too long. I kept stabbing myself by accident, so I cut them down, but I was trying to be faithful to the details. Josh Radnor doctors cutting war There's that great Bill Hicks line - the comedian - where he says, "Are you proud to be an American?" "I don't know. It's just where my parents had sex." Josh Radnor comedian parent sex I think a lot of Civil War stuff is written - As they say, history is written by the victors. And one of the things that I think is fascinating about this from a purely dramatic perspective is whether someone is right or wrong, you understand where they're coming from in this. Josh Radnor perspective war thinking
