Eric Balfour
Eric Balfour
Eric Salter Balfouris an American actor and singer. He is the lead singer of Born As Ghosts, formerly known as Fredalba. His roles include Milo Pressman on the action-thriller TV series 24 and Duke Crocker in the supernatural series Haven...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth24 April 1977
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
attention actors paid
As an actor, I've always paid attention on sets. I've always watched, learned and listened, and you start to see things differently. You always leave yourself an out.
believe successful worry
At a certain level, great actors who are successful actors don't have to worry about it. They can just go for it because they believe in themselves.
acting stories actors
I already love acting and I love actors, so being able to communicate with actors and to bring performances out of them, and to tell a story and aid them, is really exciting for me.
hopefully
The beauty of every experience you have is that hopefully you'll learn something from it.
acting may want
I actually like acting in things that I'm directing because I'm able to control the tone of how a scene may go and I know, very clearly, what I want from myself in that scene and what I need, as far as from a directorial standpoint.
spurs done like-you
If you felt like you've done the best thing you could possibly ever do, it's probably time to hang up your spurs because there's not much else to do.
trying world lifestyle
The minute you try to do something that is not true to you, is not something that you really know about, and is not a lifestyle or world that you live in or can relate to, it's going to come off as false.
moving perfect people
I'd love to say that every move I make is completely calculated and I'm sitting on a pile of scripts, sifting through them for the perfect role, but the fact is that there are a lot of talented people out there and there's a lot of competition in our business.
hurt jobs integrity
I believe in my own abilities and my future enough that I will not take a job that could hurt the integrity of my long-term career.
jobs people may
There are always going to be people who are more famous and more bankable than you, and then conversely, you may be more famous and more bankable than other people. But, there was a time that I would take jobs because they were there.
television directors week
Unless you're a directing producer of a television show, for the most part, the director comes in one week to direct and episode, and then leaves. I'd much rather produce television and occasionally direct an episode of a show I'm producing, then just come in as an outside director.
skills focus creative
I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you have more control. On television, the producers are the creative forces behind it. Directors come and go on television.
actors directors excitement
Stepping out of the director's chair completely and into a scene as an actor was weird. It was more excitement about directing than anything, but I was on a high from being a director and enjoying that process so much that going back to being an actor was almost secondary because I really was loving directing.
actors ive-learned things-ive-learned
One of the greatest things I've learned, as an actor, was how to talk to actors.