Dan Futterman
Dan Futterman
Daniel Paul "Dan" Futtermanis an American actor and screenwriter...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth8 June 1967
CitySilver Spring, MD
CountryUnited States of America
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And then Phil walked into the room. I'm not certain exactly what he'd prepared -- I think it was a scenario involving a death in the family -- but he was a mess, bright red, sobbing, you couldn't even understand what he was saying half the time. But it was powerful. He was this 16-year-old ex-jock, and I remember very distinctly feeling that if I was going to act, I'd have to get serious about it. Because this guy completely gets it.
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With a play, there's more of a definable arc because of the nature of theater: You know, there's no editing, so there's something more natural about the arc a character follows in a play. I think theater is more an actor's medium, whereas film is more a director's medium, because that's who controls the final feel of the film.
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Once you start working with a particular actor, that actor becomes very present in your mind as your mind as you're writing subsequent episodes.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with Shooting Fish. Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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Capote had these dueling motivations for being involved with this guy. He genuinely was fascinated with (Perry Smith), but he also saw him as a ticket to writing this great book.
But at the end of the day, it was his call. So I would go off and do rewrites while they shot.
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I think I'm kind of attracted to the material more than the medium. I'm not opposed to doing a television show, though. I actually think there are a couple of good ones. And there is some terrible theater. Film is a very different kind of acting.
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He's also one of those friends who doesn't impress easily. And so if you get a good reaction from him, it actually means something. So it was important for me to hear from him something about the script, whether it was good or bad.
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His persona was what people responded to with shock,
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He was enormously manipulative, very ambitious and not always truthful. I didn't want a biography that worships the title character. I wanted a movie that portrays the truth.
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He was enormously manipulative, very ambitious and not always truthful,