Joshua Leonard — American Actor born on June 17, 1975,

Joshua Granville Leonard is an American actor, writer and director, known primarily for his role in The Blair Witch Project. He has since starred in films such as Higher Ground, If I Stay, and The Town That Dreaded Sundown... (wikipedia)

In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.
We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.
We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions were to film everything that came up, including the more mundane moments.
Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.