I Understand The Directors Much More. I

I Like, For Instance, 'serpico.' I Enjoyed Playing Serpico Because Frank Serpico Was There. He Existed. He Was A Real Life Person And I Could - I Could Embody Him. I Could, You Know, I Could Work And Get To Know Him And Have Him Help Me With The Text, The Script And Become Him. It's Almost Like A Painter Having A Model To Become.

I Found Out How Temperamental I Am, Yes. And That Sometimes That Can Be Kind Of Off-putting.

It Used To Worry Me What People Said About Me. I'm Learning Not To Worry As Much. Sometimes You Feel Critics Are Wrong All The Time, But I Don 't Take Objection To It, Because That's The Way It Goes. They Can Be Wrong, They Can Be Right. They Can Be Cruel, They Can Be Kind.

I Used To Think Of Myself As A Comedian. I've Always Admired Comedians. Their Minds, The Way In Which They Se The World Is So Striking, The Way They Juxtapose Things, The Way They Can See Humor In People. There's A Liberation In That.

I Do Believe, And I Will Always Believe, That Shakespeare On Film Is Really Something That Should Be Tried More Often Because It Is An Opportunity To Take The Humanity That Shakespeare Writes Into Characters And Express It.