I Love Working Fast. I Don't Relish

I Never Made Conscious Choices. There Were Times In My Life That I Chose The First Job That Came Along Because I Was Broke. I Think That There Were Maybe A Handful Of Times That I Had A Choice. In Recent Years, Ive Had More Of A Choice, And Its Been Very Nice To Have That Choice, But Most Of The Time, You Just Hope That Theres Another Job After This One.

And I Think It's Because Good Cons Are All Based On The Victim's Need, And The Successful Con Artist Is The One, I Guess, Who Can Exploit That. I Remember Reading Something About This, That One Of The Great Traits Of Confidence Tricksters Is The Level That They Flatter Their Victim.

I've Always Loved Teaching Acting. I Think It Helps Me To Kind Of Get Back To Basics. It's Like A Refresher Course For Me As Well, So In A Sense, I'm Hopefully Learning As Much As My Students Are - Or At Least Discovering Or Re-discovering As Much As They Are. I Find That When I Teach, I'm Reminded Of My Own Sort Of Failings. I'm Reminded Of Where I Sometimes Keep Going Wrong.

My Father Was A Waiter Basically, And When I Got My First Professional Job As An Actor, I Left A Job That He Found Me For Half The Amount Of Money. So Anyone Would Think That They're Stupid, That That Would Be A Stupid Move.

Playing Villains Is Very Liberating Because Unlike The Leading Man, Nothing Is Expected Of You. Leading Men Have To Look Good, They Have To Behave In A Certain Way, They Have To Fulfill An Audience's Expectations. But As A Bad Guy, You Have Free License To Take The Audience By Surprise. And That's What Audiences Want - They Want Unpredictability From Their Villains. The Villain's Job Is To Subvert It.