There's So Much Crap Talked About Acting.

You Can Throw Away The Privilege Of Acting, But That Would Be Such A Shame. The Tribe Has Elected You To Tell Its Story. You Are The Shaman/healer, That's What The Storyteller Is, And I Think It's Important For Actors To Appreciate That. Too Often Actors Think It's All About Them, When In Reality It's All About The Audience Being Able To Recognize Themselves In You. The More You Pull Away From The Public, The Less Power You Have On Screen.

Shakespeare Villains Were Extraordinary. Macbeth, Iago, Richard Iii... They're So Richly Layered That A British Actor Would Find It Almost Impossible To Create A Two-dimensional Villain, If He's Explored In His Early Years Or Continues To Explore His Shakespearean Heritage. You Can Almost Not Judge Them, If They're Played Really Well.

You Cannot Learn A Lesson Of Profound Forgiveness Unless You Understand What It Is To Be Wounded And Forgive That Which Has Wounded You.

I Think That Various Styles And Methods And Approaches Are An Invention Of People Who Don't Understand The Process Of Acting And Who Try Very Hard To Label Things.

I Never Went To Drama School. I Went Straight Into The Theater. We Had The Most Extraordinary Voice Teacher. I Worked With Her When I Was Starting Out In My Career. How To Place My Voice From A Very Relaxed Position Was All Wonderfully Reminiscent Of Going Back To The Basics. But I Always Like To Do That With Any Role That I Do, To Dismantle It And Put It All Back Together Again.