My first one I guess relates to the context of appreciation. But it's a film set in Brooklyn with a lot of European-- really, really good European actors putting on Brooklyn accents.
So I played the second lead in "Hyderabad Blues". Which-- I had never been on a film set before. Forget auditioning and stuff like that.
And I was like, I can't fucking believe I'm having this conversation with Tracey Ullman. And it's how you think every film set will be, that it'll be this production where you get to wear this corset and this period costumes. And that's really the only experience that I've had like that.
But I want to make those Saudi Arab closer to us Which speaks to my other experience on an Egyptian film set where show "60 Minutes," which
And it felt good, because I could suddenly give back. And you know what it's like on a film set . I'm sure you've seen enough.
I knew why I was putting this makeup on her. And I have never ever felt so much rage on a film set in my life. I was incensed. It's this tiny thing.
And I think I also respected the fact that Arian himself is an immigrant and that the way this was being approached, First, when you're on a film set , you don't have a ton of time.
And you can see that there are sensitivities around that. For instance, there will be a film set in north of England where people are speaking English with say a Liverpool accent and in various dialectal ways. And then they show in America, and they have subtitles.
And don't worry. I can make it through it. And that's so crazy, because on a film set , everyone's got a walkie-talkie, you know? And so I get in the van to go up to the set, and it was the longest, slowest ride I've ever taken in my life.
It was also the year that I was part of a production company, a film production company called Interscope. And we decided that it was time that there should be a film set on a college campus that wasn't all about the jocks but that was about the nerds.
audience member #5: And then the second part would be as a critic, cause you, maybe you're used to the more traditional like kind of restaurant model, these things like the school or ever stepped behind a camera or even been on a film set . I don't know of any, most book critics haven't written books and that's not such a kind of rarified thing to
But when you show up in a TV studio, and there's four cameras pointing at you, and you're someone who's aspiring to work in the entertainment industry, and you'd like to be on a television film set someday, it's like, oh, no. That takes a specific type of practice.
Because I'm not the master, but I've been in the movie industry 57 years. All my life, every single day, in the film set . And if I'm not home, I'm in editing room.
She would probably rather not go on a vacation that I want to go on. You know there's like endless compromise, but on a film set you have the same objective every day, which is a really good, easy thing for a relationship. So I like it.
But actually, I thought, well, Ben, that's why you're here. But what I learned about being an actor out in the world is the politics of the film set .
things with my writing so I you know you s you when you're on a film set you sit in your trailer most of the time it's a
And that's probably the big lesson I've learned, and that's something I've tried to take into my role on a film set is to come in there and be prepared and be ready, and be
But actually, I thought, well, Ben, that's why you're here. Because I can tell you now, every version of human life is alive, and well, and present on the film set .