Some Days When I Start To Talk,

The Only Tool We Have As Artists Is Selectivity. If You're A Painter, You Select The Color, The Lines, How Severe They Should Be. As An Actor You Develop How Angry You Should Be. You Select How Angry You Should Be. You Listen To The Other Actor And Then You React. In Film, Sometimes The Other Actor Isn't Even There. You Have To Play The Scene. What I Do Is I Call On My Experience On The Stage. I Play The Scene And I Hope That I Reach A Certain Level Of Integrity Because That's What I Learned On The Stage.

I Was At The Pinnacle Of My Career One Day And The Next Day I Was Put Out To Pasture. I Felt Like A Race Horse With A Broken Leg.

I Love The Theater. I Love The Rehearsals. That's Where You Build A Performance. That's Your Foundation. If You're Gonna Build A House, You Start With The Foundation. That Makes The House Strong. That's The Way I Build A Character, From The Foundation Out.

Suddenly It Was Gone. I'd Lost More Than My Voice And My Career. I'd Lost My Best Friend.

Acting Became My Best Friend. When I Auditioned To Get Into College, The Teacher Said You Belong Here, Mr. Klugman, And To Hear That Word Belong - I Never Belonged Anywhere Before - And Suddenly I Belonged In Acting And It Was So Comfortable And I Loved It.