Alejandro Amenábar Has A Unique Way Of

Directing Is Like Putting Together A Collage.

It's A Really Unique Job That Is A Little Schizophrenic And You Have To Kind Of Do It With A Sense Of Humor.the Trick Is Figuring Out What Each Job Is Asking Of You And What It's Not Asking Of You.

I Auditioned For Robert Redford Once And I Was So Starstruck I Couldn't Even Speak. I Had A Mic Wire At A Screen Test Clipped To Me And Then I Got Kind Of Nervous And I Paced In A Circle And Then Took A Step And Tripped And Fell On My Face. You Just Have To Forgive Yourself And Keep Going On.

My Job - And It's Really True - Is That It's Constantly Evolving And Changing. When I Was Doing The Chet Baker Movie I Was Obsessed With Playing The Trumpet, And To My Absolute Shock I Haven't Picked The Trumpet Up Since We Wrapped. It Was So Much Work. I Thought I Was Going To Keep Playing The Rest Of My Life, 'cause It Was Fun, It's Just A Lot Of Work. And It's A Really Unique Job That Exposes You To A Lot.

For Me, The Real Goal Is To Integrate. The Thing That I'm Most Happy With Is The Fact That I've Been Able To Keep Doing All Of It - To Keep Writing, And To Keep Acting In Movies, And To Keep Acting On The Stage, To Keep Directing Plays. I Find That They Feed Each Other, And That I Learn About Acting From Directing And I Learn About Writing From Acting.