Scott Ellis
Scott Ellis
Scott Ellisis an American stage director, actor, and television director...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth19 April 1957
CountryUnited States of America
bad
A bad laugh is a laugh for the sake of a laugh that's out of character.
monk
You can't live like a monk if you have two five-year-old twins. That ain't happening. Just the opposite, actually.
building people
This is the part of the building where people don't have to be quiet.
backbone deal director freedom gives great original owes revival
Any director who comes into a revival owes a great deal to the original director. If I know the backbone works, it gives me, as a director, much more freedom to bring something new to it or try something different.
work
As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.
job safe sure
Actors are smart. They have to feel safe enough to fall and to get back up. My job is to make sure they don't get hurt.
'On the Twentieth Century' was always something I wanted to do because of Kristin Chenoweth.
choose people work
I get to choose the people I work with.
furniture stuff
If the furniture doesn't come, I'll scrounge up some old stuff myself.
bad good shows
I always have to come back to shows to take out the improvements actors have put in. Laughs are addictive, and sometimes they're good laughs, and sometimes they're bad laughs.
gone passed twin
Being a twin, and knowing if my twin was gone or lost - that's a part of me. There's no way I could be the same person knowing my brother had passed away.
love tend
I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.
avid boat fisherman island likes maybe needs
If you're an avid fisherman who needs a live-bait well on the boat, or who likes to go out deep, this is not the boat for you. Maybe that kind of boat is on the horizon, but not right now. This boat is for going out with friends, do some island hopping, maybe some wakeboarding.
add bring dealing designers opportunity revival time
The challenge of a revival is how to bring something fresh. The reward is the opportunity to add different flourishes. You're dealing with different actors, designers and a different time.