My Grandmother Was A Minister As Well,

No Matter How Much Technique You Draw On Or How Much Training You Have, Acting Is A Mystery.

Almost Every Comedy You See Is About People Making All Wrong Choices And Making All The Errors Of Judgement Possible. Good Comedy Is When It Works On This Scale. Because It Is Psychologically Very Real.

I Don't Know If This Qualifies As Gentle Reassurance, But Right Now This Is All That Stands Between Me And A Harley-davidson.

If You're Playing Someone Who's Impeded By Fear, Or Shyness, Or Has Whatever Dysfunction Your Character Might Have, You Have To Achieve The Dysfunction First, Imaginatively, In Order To Play Someone Who Is Trying To Negotiate Their Way Out Of It.

To Work Effectively In A Film, You Have To Repeat And Work Consistently. Basically, You Shoot A Big Master Then You Do Close-ups. You're Supposed To Be In The Same Moment, The Same 30-second Moment, For A Day.