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Scott Ellis
American
Director
Born:
Apr 19
,
1957
Actor
Director
Job
Me
People
You
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I get to choose the people I work with.
Scott Ellis
Work
People
Get
Choose
My directing style has changed over the years. I allow things to breathe a lot more.
Scott Ellis
Style
Changed
Directing
More
Allow
Over
Years
Lot
Breathe
Things
I feel that once you go into rehearsal, you need to focus on the show in the room.
Scott Ellis
You
Focus
Once
Feel
Go
Room
Show
Rehearsal
Need
'You Can't Take It With You' has eighteen people onstage at one point. Musicals entail a larger collaboration, and I love that.
Scott Ellis
Love
You
People
Collaboration
Musicals
Point
Onstage
Take
Eighteen
Larger
The theatre show-biz types don't change much, no matter what era we're in. The question of how you balance being in show business with your personal life isn't very different.
Scott Ellis
Life
You
Business
Change
Balance
Theatre
Matter
Personal Life
Types
How
Era
Question
Very
Personal
Being
Different
Much
Your
Show
Show Business
Casting, to me, is always the same. It's a very important part of a director's job. I pick people that I sense I'd like to be in a room with and will enjoy the rehearsal process with because that's the best part.
Scott Ellis
Best
Me
Director
People
Will
Job
Important
Sense
Enjoy
Best Part
Casting
Pick
Part
Like
Because
Important Part
Always
Very
Same
Process
Room
Rehearsal
Rehearsal Process
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.
Scott Ellis
Good
Sometimes
Addictive
Back
Out
Laughs
Bad
Take
Put
Come
Always
Shows
Actor
As an actor, you don't have control over what you do, whom you work with.
Scott Ellis
Work
You
Control
Over
Whom
Actor
When you're working on a play like 'Sloane,' that play works; you don't have to worry about that. When you're working on a new play like 'Little Dog,' you have no clue if the play works. You're exploring.
Scott Ellis
You
Dog
Worry
No Clue
About
New
Like
Clue
Little
Working
Exploring
Works
Play
'Twelve Angry Men' was done with an intermission, and I took that out. I really wanted an audience to feel like they had no break, just like those jurors, and you're not going to get out of that room until you come to a decision.
Scott Ellis
Angry
You
Decision
Men
Took
Those
Out
Had
Feel
Come
Like
Until
Audience
Get
Done
Going
Just
Wanted
Break
Room
Really
Intermission
Twelve
I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.
Scott Ellis
Love
Big
Reading
Research
Tend
Lot
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