Whether Clift decided his character would be motivated into looking up, or whether fear of being fired motivated him is unknown, but Clift looked up while he crossed the street. When Clift, a method actor, responded that he wasn’t sure if his character would look up while he was crossing the street, Hitchcock blew a fuse-he didn’t care two hoots about the character’s motivation, he just needed the character to look up at the building. In “I Confess” he needed the star, Montgomery Clift, to look up at a building whilst crossing a street to setup a transition from the scene. On his films, Alfred Hitchcock was the boss. On-set, the director is the top dog and how he/she chooses to “motivate their actors” to perform to their limits is a matter of personality and style. When all is said and done, the director succeeds when actors deliver monumental performances in memorable productions. The two preceding quotes represent the two extremes on how directors should work with actors. “Directing is 90% casting.” Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, John Ford, Elia Kazan. “Actors should be treated like cattle.” Alfred Hitchcock. Film Cpnnection grad Ofu Okekpa on right with actors Richard Pralgo and Libby Blanton on the set of Klippers
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