Lupita Nyong'o recently sat down for an interview with Rhapsody magazine, where she recalled her time as a production assistant in Hollywood. The magazine quotes her as follows:
“I was on a mission to talk to Ralph [Fiennes], but he was talking to some man. I went up to them, and suddenly the assistant director was white in the face with rage. He said, ‘You never interrupt the director!’ I didn’t even know who the director was! Ralph is a very still man on set. It would be very quiet, and that made me uncomfortable. I’d try to make chitchat, asking, ‘What’s your favorite film? Of all the films you’ve been in, which have you enjoyed the most?’ He was so polite, and he responded to me. At one point, though, he just said, ‘Lupita, give me my space.’
When an actor lands on a set, there’s a psychological and emotional transformation that needs to happen. I learned from that experience what an actor needs — and to ask for it. You have to calibrate yourself. The time before a camera rolls, the moments before my foot steps on a stage, have to be meditative. I have to withdraw from the world as I know it. It’s about listening quietly to my inner motor.”
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