Michael Smith
Michael Smith
I went through a lot of occupations. I was questioning my contribution to the world.
pianist studied
I'm a pianist - I studied jazz piano in college.
I like very confused people. The more confused, the more fun for me.
connect experience interested opportunity people provides reflect
I am not interested in entertaining people. I think being an actor provides an opportunity to give people an experience they can connect to, reflect on, learn from, laugh at.
allowed ready role share sit strange time
In theater, you're allowed to take your time and sit in a role for a month before you have to share it with anybody. In film and TV, you have to just kind of show up and be ready to do that, which, to me, is very strange and crazy.
based certainly exciting invest leaves looking performance room terrifying work
You work on a play or movie, you have the whole script, so you're constructing a performance based on the bible that you have. In TV, you don't, so to actually invest in that and let that be the exciting part is terrifying and certainly leaves room for mistakes, looking back.