Work In The Theater Is More Fun

Before You Go Into What Is Essentially A Competition, You Have To Have That Confidence. You Have To Ask Yourself, "are They Looking For A Guy My Height? My Age? I've Got A Shot." And If There Are Nine Guys Auditioning And They're All Gorgeous, I Have An Advantage, Because Gorgeous Guys Are A Dime A Dozen. But If They Need Someone Else - Like A Goofy Guy With Bad Hair Who Is Just Okay - Then That's Me. And Finally, The Other 2 Percent Who Audition Are Geniuses That I Could Never Touch.

And Then It Was Like, Wait, You Can Go To College And Study Theater? And Act In Plays? This Is Almost A Racket, You Know. And Then When The Opportunity Came Along To Do It Professionally, I Thought I'd Won The Lottery.

There Was Nothing To React To Except Wind And Trees [in Cast Away]. It Was Like Making A Silent Movie.

When I Was 21 Years Old, I Had A Job Playing Santa Claus In A Shopping Centre In Sacramento. I Was Rail Thin, So It's Not Like I Was A Traditional Santa Claus Even Then. I Had A Square Stomach; That Was The Shape Of The Sofa Cushion That I Had Stuffed Into My Pants.

The Filmmakers Aren't Running The Studios Anymore. Sometimes People Who Like Films Are Making Them, But By And Large, They Have To Go Report Quarterly Earnings And All That Stuff. The Competition Is So Huge That It's Very Hard To Get People To Show Up To See Any Movie In The Theater, Much Less An Original One That Isn't A Version Of Something Else They Saw.