But as the director, sometimes you are the conductor and sometimes the composer you help the composer with certain passages, perhaps, shall we say.Īnd so it’s totally enveloping directing. As an actor, you’re a member of the orchestra, even if you are first violin. So it’s shorter and sweeter.Įqually rewarding, if the part’s really good, but the rewards from directing especially directing something like Covert or when I did the pilot for The Good Guys for Matt Nix on Fox it was-it’s really a chance to be wholly creative. Whereas as an actor, you prep on your own and then you just show up for the production of it, the shooting, and then you’re done. I think right now I’m more of a director and just in a certain way it sucks up more time because you’ve got to prep a show and then shoot it and then post it. Matheson: I think at the moment-that’s so hard. Since you’re doing both acting and directing, do you consider yourself-I mean, if you just had to peg yourself in one word, would you be more an actor or a director? But I just want to hang around the place and see what’s happening. I think I’m as much of a fan as a lot of the attendees, so I’ve scheduled some time for myself just to wander around and sit in on some things, and I know that-I think that Simon Pegg is going to be there and the guys with Scott Pilgrim are going to be there, and I’m excited to see anything and everything about that. So I’ve always followed it, but never been there and I’m just very excited to get down there.
As a kid I used to collect them until there was a horrible mudslide in Hollywood and I lost my collection, but I was also at an early age the voice of Jonny Quest it was a cartoon so I am kind of a latent fan boy.
So, moving on to the Comic-Con, I have to ask, have you ever been to Comic-Con before? If not, what are your expectations, or if you’ve been, what kind of memories do you have? I was really happy to see you on board with it. It was a tremendous opportunity and it was a great script and I just had a ball creating the world that they all operated in and it was a real treat. I was very pleased with how it all turned out, and I must say, just the opportunity to work with Doug Limon, David Bartis and the guys over there at their company. When you come into a show like White Collar or Burn Notice, you are coming in as a guest in their house and you really just want to give them an episode that’s been established by their pilot director and in the mold of the shows that they have already established, and that was the case with White Collar and with Burn Notice and Psych, the shows that I’ve done prior.Īnd then Covert Affairs was the first time I’d ever done a pilot, and because I sort of had a good rapport and understanding with USA about the kinds of shows they do and the tone of the shows, they offered me the opportunity to direct that pilot, and it was thrilling and exciting for me to get to set the look and the tone of the show, and with such a wonderful cast. With Covert Affairs, there’s two separate things. I’m so happy to be here and talking about my favorite shows that I get to work on and my favorite network. And first off, I’d just like to say hi to everybody. My first question for you, in finding out that you’ve done all of these USA Network shows, do you approach directing each episode differently, like say, the Covert Affairs premiere versus what we saw in White Collar?
Thanks to Matheson’s energy and enthusiasm, it was one of the most enjoyable interview experiences I’ve ever had. I had the great good fortune to take part in a teleconference Q&A session with the former voice of Jonny Quest where, because of an unusually small turnout, I was able to ask more than usual couple of questions. Little known fact: Matheson is big on Asian films! Besides directing episodes of Psych, Burn Notice, White Collar and Covert Affairs, Matheson has also guest starred as arrogant bank robber Edward “The Architect” Walker on White Collar and recurred as the charmingly dangerous ex-spy/freelance mercenary, Larry Sizemore over five episodes on Burn Notice. Over the last few years, Tim Matheson, best known for playing Eric in the original Animal House, has become a fixture on USA Network shows.
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