Political Correctness Has Become A Straightjacket.

That's What Sets Apart One Actor From Another, And That You Can't Teach. You Can't Give Someone That. When You're Working, Putting A Character Together, Or In A Scene, That's Where Things Will Happen That You Have To Have The Intuition To Notice Them, And To Register Them.

People Have An Idea That One Is In Control Of A Career, A Lot More Than You Really Are. You Can Engineer Things To An Extent. But You Are At The Mercy Of What Comes In Across The Desk.

You Choose Your Friends By Their Character And Your Socks By Their Color.

I Drank For About 25 Years Getting Over The Loss Of My Father And I Took The Anger Out On Myself. I Did A Good Job At Beating Myself Up At Sometimes. I Don't Drink Anymore But My Alcoholic Head Occasionally Says Different. 'nil By Mouth' Was A Love Letter To My Father Because I Needed To Resolve Some Issues In Order To Be Able To Forgive Him.

The Thing A Drama School Can't Give You Is Instinct. It Can Sharpen Instinct But That Can't Be Taught, And You Have To Have Intuition. It's An Essential Ingredient.