What does Friday Night Lights get right about teenage life?
It’s the best coaching clinic, the best acting class you could have. I’ve grown more as an actor or even as a person in the last three years than I can remember. What we do is we have these three hand-held cameras going… they are going to pick up the little intricacies. They are close and personal shots. You can’t fake what’s going on… And the improv, the lack of marks, the lack of rehearsal it just allows you to be even freer as an actor and to take those risks… The more comfortable you are and the more trust you have on set, the more risks you’re going to take, and that allows those genuine moments to happen, to unravel… All I try and do before a scene is try and be… vulnerable to whatever happens. Q: So you just give into your character’s instincts as a scene develops? A: Absolutely. I’m known as a guy who is very off the books, very off the page and off the cuff. I definitely throw curveballs… It’s an ongoing joke even. If you’re working with Kitsch, get ready. I’ll thr
