Derek Magyar
Derek Magyar
Derek Magyar is an American actor of Hungarian origin. He is best known as the director and producer of the film Flying Lessons, as the lead character "X" in the film Boy Culture, and as Commander Kelby during the fourth season of Star Trek Enterprise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
CountryUnited States of America
technical work
If I am looking at my work as an actor after having directed, I'm able to look at things in a much more technical way. There's no question about that.
real actors groups
There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors.
art aspect filmmaking
I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.
kids actors
I've been an actor since I was a kid.
memories past thinking
I think a lot of us can relate to not choosing to face a painful memory, and something that's a painful past, and wanting to pretend like it never happened.
letting-go acting actors
As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.
father film professors
I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.
school giving want
CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.
firsts actors filmmaking
I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.
flying lessons kind
I love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.
actors approach standpoint
I approach directing from an actor's standpoint.
ball matter second taught until
Going into my second film as a director, it's night and day of what it was like going into my first film. It doesn't matter what you know in your head and what you've been taught until you're there and doing it; it's a whole new ball game.