I've always wanted to ask an actor this.

[DaveDQ]

Many times, when I'm watching an actor being interviewed, I'll hear them make the comment, "I've never seen the episode/movie in its fullness."

Now, this is in reference to the TV show or Movie they worked on. I've always thought, "Why not? Wouldn't you want to see the finished product?"

It's very common to hear actors say this, and many times, it comes across arrogant. I'm wondering if anyone else ever notices this.

[jmood88]

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Many times, when I'm watching an actor being interviewed, I'll hear them make the comment, "I've never seen the episode/movie in its fullness."

Now, this is in reference to the TV show or Movie they worked on. I've always thought, "Why not? Wouldn't you want to see the finished product?"

It's very common to hear actors say this, and many times, it comes across arrogant. I'm wondering if anyone else ever notices this.

Are you talking about if they are doing a remake of a movie or adaptation and they haven't seen or read the original or that they don't see the whole movie that they worked on until the premier? If it's the premier thing then I'm sure that they don't get to see the whole movie because of editing and all that. Most actors aren't around the set unless they have a scene and I don't think that they are shown the finished product until the premier or sometime earlier.

[MassNole]

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I remember when Scream came out the actors didn't even know how the movie ended because they filmed two different endings. So it isn't surprising while doing the press gauntlet that the actors haven't seen the movie yet.

[jfsolo]

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Many times, when I'm watching an actor being interviewed, I'll hear them make the comment, "I've never seen the episode/movie in its fullness."

Now, this is in reference to the TV show or Movie they worked on. I've always thought, "Why not? Wouldn't you want to see the finished product?"

It's very common to hear actors say this, and many times, it comes across arrogant. I'm wondering if anyone else ever notices this.

I've never thought of it as arrogant, in fact I've always thought of it in the opposite vein. I would image that for a lot of them their presence in the film, and their subsequent unrelenting critique of their own performance would make watching the film a totally different experience then that of a nomal viewer, and possibly not a positive one.

Especially for dramatic productions, probably less so for comedies.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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I've read similar stuff from director's.

I think it just has to deal with how they watch the movie over and over in pre-production and post-production that you eventually get sick of it...kind of removes the whole "film illusion" aspect of movie watching. Along with the perma-tweaking and self criticism, of course.

[DaveDQ]

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I've never thought of it as arrogant, in fact I've always thought of it in the opposite vein. I would image that for a lot of them their presence in the film, and their subsequent unrelenting critique of their own performance would make watching the film a totally different experience then that of a nomal viewer, and possibly not a positive one.

Especially for dramatic productions, probably less so for comedies.

I see your point there. Just in the times i've heard an actor comment, it seems they enjoy the idea that they worked so hard on it, but never watched it. Seems odd, but maybe I'm reaching on the arrogance part.

[Methlab]

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From a music point of view..if you are making a record, you really hear it a lot. You get burnt on it. So with movies, it is even more complex because the post production delays the actor from seeing the movie until the premier many times.

[SPTO]

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Hm Yes i've read and heard stories about some very famous actors who never watch their own films or when they do so it's usually a very bad experience. There's far too much self criticism involved that makes the movie watching experience unbearable.

[CM1847]

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I hear Nick Cage watches all of his movies dozens of times.

[bkfount]

Re: I've always wanted to ask an actor this.

Many times, when I'm watching an actor being interviewed, I'll hear them make the comment, "I've never seen the episode/movie in its fullness."

Now, this is in reference to the TV show or Movie they worked on. I've always thought, "Why not? Wouldn't you want to see the finished product?"

It's very common to hear actors say this, and many times, it comes across arrogant. I'm wondering if anyone else ever notices this.

they can film various parts of a movie at the same time in different locations, and special effects doesn't get added in until later. Sometimes the director might even reshoot footage he doesn't like. There's so much that goes into making a movie, that many times stars don't see the final thing until the premiere.

[Cebby]

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Hm Yes i've read and heard stories about some very famous actors who never watch their own films or when they do so it's usually a very bad experience. There's far too much self criticism involved that makes the movie watching experience unbearable.

Not only that, it probably just wouldn't be that interesting. I'd imagine it'd be almost impossible to suspend your belief about the situation when you already know what happened, and you're watching yourself.

[DXZeke]

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Being a creative person with the ability to write music.

I don't like to listen to a lot of what I do over again. Why?

I'll always keep thinking I can do it better. The rest of you guys could be like "dude, that's great!!!" But I'll hear that one spot of the song that could be better or that one word I thought I sang that was off. I'll never be really happy with what I've done.

So playing music live is more fun. You're not really sitting back and "hearing" your music you're to busy playing and performing.

Just like acting... it's more fun doing it instead of sitting back and watching it.


Not all actors and muscians have this problem, but most do.
We're never happy 100% with our performance... maybe 90% at best.

[DaveDQ]

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Being a creative person with the ability to write music.

I don't like to listen to a lot of what I do over again. Why?

I'll always keep thinking I can do it better. The rest of you guys could be like "dude, that's great!!!" But I'll hear that one spot of the song that could be better or that one word I thought I sang that was off. I'll never be really happy with what I've done.

So playing music live is more fun. You're not really sitting back and "hearing" your music you're to busy playing and performing.

Just like acting... it's more fun doing it instead of sitting back and watching it.


Not all actors and muscians have this problem, but most do.
We're never happy 100% with our performance... maybe 90% at best.

I'm also a musician, and I can agree that hearing and playing something over and over can be rough. It's really difficult to keep the dynamics of what you are doing when you are doing it multiple times.

However, I think music is different. In many cases, there are complete scenes where a particular actor is not even involved. Also, there's got to be something in their minds that says, "I'd really like to see this in its completion."

I've seen actors claim, weeks after the release of a movie that they were in, that they haven't seen it and don't plan on it. that's somewhat odd to me, but to each their own.

[sva91]

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I was just discussing this the other day. I know Joaquin Phoenix does not watch his own work because he says he'll get paranoid about his acting skills and try too hard.