Movie Magic Is Movie Magic

You Need Particular Note Or Rhythm In The Symphony To Be That Minor Key, Or That Sharp Key Or Major Chord. In Musical Terms, I Try To Hit The Right Note. But Not Alter The Score Of The Music, Just Emphasize The Note Correctly.

If The Director Wishes To Print It, Then You Have A Series Of Choices, Maybe Millions Of Choices Within That Minute-and-a-half, Or 80 Seconds, Or 2 Minutes Or However Long Or Short The Take Is, You Have All Those Choices Committed To Celluloid. I Find That Absolutely Thrilling.

We Are Adjusters. We Empathize, We Change Rhythm And Above All We Listen To Our Fellow Actors-if They're Good Actors.

The Biggest Surprise In A Man's Life Is Old Age.

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.