Get the right actor, and the job's halfway done. I've only miscast major people twice in my life – out of respect to them, I won't tell you who. After a couple of days' shooting, I had to tell them I was letting them go. It was hideous.


Portrait of the artist: Peter Weir, director (2011)

Peter Weir Quotes

Get the right actor, and the job's halfway done. I've only miscast major people twice in my life – out of respect to them, I won't tell you who....

Get the right actor, and the job's halfway done. I've only miscast major people twice in my life – out of respect to them, I won't tell you who....

Get the right actor, and the job's halfway done. I've only miscast major people twice in my life – out of respect to them, I won't tell you who....

Get the right actor, and the job's halfway done. I've only miscast major people twice in my life – out of respect to them, I won't tell you who....