I Think Where I've Instinctively Found Myself

I Remember Hearing Someone Say That Good Acting Is More About Taking Off A Mask Than Putting One On, And In Movie Acting, Certainly That's True. With The Camera So Close, You Can See Right Down Into Your Soul, Hopefully. So Being Able To Do That In A Way Is Terrifying, And In Another Way, Truly Liberating. And I Like That About It.

If You're An Actor, You Have To Find A Way To Make Peace With All The Media Attention.

All Of Modern Acting Comes From Stanislavski, Who Was The Russian Partner To Chekhov. When Chekhov Was Writing His Plays, Stanislavski Was Running His Theater. And Stanislavski Really Was The First Inventor Of Modern Acting And Then Everything That Came Out Of The Method And Stella Adler And The Great Teachers Really Came Out Of Him.

I Had Never Met An Actress Or An Actor When I Thought That I Might Like To Be One. I Had Never Been Around People In Show Business Or From The Theater Or From Movies Or Anything. And I Say That As An Encouragement, I Don't Know Some People Who Want To Be Doing What I'm Doing Or Be Involved In Film. You Don't Have To Be From It To Get Interested And Get Involved. I Certainly Wasn't.

Maybe That's One Of The Virtues Of The 2016 Election That We're Going Through Is All Of This Racism And Xenophobia And Sexism And Whatever Else You Want To Say Is Being Exposed, Maybe That's A Blessing. I'm Trying To Look At The Positive Side Of What's Been Happening In Our Country, Which Is Frightening.