Variety is the spice of life.

…[Jesse] can just flat-out fly. And you can see in his eyes that he is searching for the best way to articulate something in the middle of articulating two other things; he’s processing where he’s going. Oftentimes, you’ll say to an actor that, you know, the notion of being present is not to be thinking of the next thing you’re going to say but to actually be listening. You know, a lot of people are trained to give you the “thoughtful” thing, but at the same time, they’re trying to process their next line. And Jesse can be half a page ahead, and in the now. I remember turning to Aaron and saying, “Okay, have we ever seen anything this good?” He just said, “That’s the guy.” We brought him out to LA and he came into my office and I said, “Hey, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” And he said, “Great, what do you want me to read? I’ve prepared three scenes.” And I said, “No, no, no. You got the job. We’re just having you here because we wanted to meet you and say hello, but you’re in the movie.” That’s the fun part — to be able to tell them you enjoy what they do.

—David Fincher on everyone having to learn the language of the film(aka David Fincher ignores the original question and instead continues to incessantly compliment Jesse). (via mirroredappearance)

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