To market themselves, all actors need to know their type: blue-collar or white-collar, sexy teacher, nerdy bus driver, or sweet little old lady. When Bill Oberst Jr. left the New York stage to make his way in Hollywood, he was surprised to discover that the camera saw him in a whole new way."I'm terrifying," Oberst says, laughing. "I had no idea I was terrifying before I came out here, but I am. It's really weird. The camera sees faces differently than the eye does. I've had people say, 'Oh, you don't look creepy to me,' but then when I get on camera, boom, there it is. So once I narrowed it down to that sort of niche and found out that I was Mr. Creepy, I work a lot. I've had to develop camera techniques to go with my face."Happily, Oberst enjoys doing horror films. "I did a movie called 'Dismal,...
- 11/5/2010
- backstage.com
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