I’ll Play Pretty Pretty Princess With You

The Whole Thrust Of Theatre Is Different, Just Because The Writing Is So Much More Respected In A Play. Whereas In Movies - And Having Been The Writer, I Can Say From Experience - The Writer Is Lower Down On The Food Chain.

There Are People Who Just Collect A Bunch Of Footage And Then Edit It Later. You Definitely Feel More Protected When A Director Is Moving On When You've Actually Felt Something Happen And You Know They're Watching Intently.

Eventually Stardom Is Going To Go Away From Me. It Goes Away From Everybody And All You Have In The End Is To Be Able To Look Back And Like The Choices You Made.

The Danger Of Course Is Always Is Caricature. The Biggest Challenge Was To Sound Like Nelson Mandela. Everything Else Is Easy To Do, Walk Like Him. He Has A Few Ticks And Things I Noticed That I Picked Up. I Didn't Have Any Agenda, As It Were, In Playing The Role Other Than To Bring It As Close To Reality As I Possibly Could.

Now That I Have Kids, I'm Probably More Overprotective Than I've Ever Been. My Wife's Nickname For Me Is "red Alert." I Sometimes Check Just To See If The Kids Are Breathing. But I Try Not To Be A Helicopter Parent.