Being On The Stage In

Older People Say, 'oh I Loved You In 'sense And Sensibility,'' And That's The Only Film They Want To Talk About. Equally, There Are People Who Only Want To Talk About 'galaxy Quest.' And There's A Whole Bunch Of Teenagers Who Only Want To Talk About 'dogma.'

One Of The Most, In A Weird Way, Encouraging Things A Director Can Say To An Actor - I Know This As An Actor - Is When You Ask Them A Question, They Say, I Don't Know - 'cause It Means There's Some Space There For You To Find Out. And It Means That There's Going To Be A Process.

One Thing I Will Say - My Job Gets Harder And Harder. The More You Understand About What You Are Capable Of, The Less The Instrument Can Do It Physically. It's An Inverse Equation, If That's The Right Phrase. I Just Slammed Those Two Words Together. It Sounded Right.

Who I Am Gets In The Way Of People Looking Innocently At The Parts I Play.

I Have Every Sympathy For Writers. It's A Mystery To Me What They Do. I Can Edit. I Can Cross Out And Say, 'i'm Not Saying That' Or, 'how About We Move This To Here? Wouldn't That Make That Bit Of The Story Better?' But Where Any Of It Comes From Is Beyond Me. I Will Never Write A Play Or A Novel.