I Think The Point To Be Understood

The Performance Is Created By The Director. The Actor Is The Material. And I Think That Has To Be True.

I Don't Make Much Distinction Between Being A Stand-up Comic And Acting Shakespeare - In Fact, Unless You're A Good Comedian, You're Never Going To Be Able To Play Hamlet Properly.

Actors Are Merely The Medium Through Which A Story Happens.

You Can Always Pick Out Stage Actors At The Oscars: They Know How To Walk.

The Demographic Of Our Audience Is Young. It Also Contains A High Proportion Of Black, Jewish And Gay People, Who Have All Been Encouraged By Society To Think Of Themselves As Oddities Or Mutants. I Hope That's Why X-men Chimes With Them - It's Certainly Why I Was Attracted To The Idea In The First Place.