Post by Isapop on Feb 7, 2018 17:49:54 GMT
Huston--Someone said he actually didnt do much directing on set--he just used professional actors and they did what was required.
Yes, for Huston a great performance comes from simply casting the right actor.
On The African Queen he gave Katharine Hepburn only one piece of direction, when he felt that her "Rose" was a little too severe. He told her to think of Rose as a great lady, like Eleanor Roosevelt. That clicked with her, and Hepburn said it was the single best direction she ever got.
With his stars in The Man Who Would Be King Huston again had just one direction, for Michael Caine: "You can talk faster; Peachy's an honest man."
Huston was always confident that if the casting is right, he could trust that the actors won't need him.