Acting Is An Escape From The Boring

I Wrote My First Play At The Age Of 10, 55 Years Ago, And I've Always Found It A Fantastic Relief To Imagine I Know What Things Would Be Like From The Point Of View Of Other Individuals And To Send Out Signals From Where I Actually Am Not. Playwrights Never Need To Write From The Place Where They Are.

I Choose Parts Because I Don't Want To Be Embarrassed When The Movie Comes Out. What If My Friends Were To See The Movie? What If My Niece Or Nephew Wandered Into The Theater And Saw The Movie? I Don't Want To Be Too Ashamed Of It.

When I Was First Exposed To The Films Of Ingmar Bergman, I Found Them Frank And Disturbing Portraits Of The World We Live In, But That Was Not Something That Displeased Me. They Were Beautiful. I Thought People Would Respond To My Plays The Way I Responded To Bergman's Films.

In Real Life, Every Person Is The Leading Man Or Woman. We Don't Think Of Ourselves As Supporting Or Character Actors.

I Was Clever Enough To Know That John Donne Was Offering Something That Was Awfully Enjoyable. I Just Wasn't Clever Enough To Actually Enjoy It.