When She Was Younger, My Mother Was

I Was Only Interested In My Scene, And I Had To Go Through Thousands And Thousands Of Other Scenes. I Got My Scene And I Read It Many, Many, Many, Many, Many Times. That Was My Research.

In Shakespeare, Keep It Simple. Don't Over-inflect. The Speech Needs To Be Naturalistic And Simple And Accessible As Much As Possible.

One Of The Things That Binds Us As A Family Is A Shared Sense Of Humor.

I Think Shakespeare Is Like A Dialect. If I Heard A Broad Scots Accent, I'd Probably Struggle At First But Then I'd Start To Look For Words I Recognise And I'd Get The Gist. I Think Shakespeare Is Like That.

I Learned A Lot About Acting - Watching Not Just Myself But Other Actors And Learning How To Distinguish Between Two Great Takes. It's Also About One's Own Taste In Performance.