When You Are Playing An

When You Are Playing An Egomaniac Running A Fantastical Ship, You Don't Want Him To Be Too Suburban. Naturalism Doesn't Work On The High Seas.

I Suddenly Became Aware Over The Last Couple Of Years That I'm In My Sixties. I Never Thought About It. I Thought I'd Better Start Acting My Age Or Find Roles That Are Going To Be Interesting To Me In The Sexagenarian Repertoire, Because It's Not What You Do In Your Forties Or Fifties.

People Are Intrigued And Fascinated, Almost Obsessed With The Private Lives Of Great Public Personalities.

But As My Voice Coach Keeps Saying, If We Actually Spoke The Way They Imagine The Elizabethan Voice Might Have Been, We Wouldn't Be Able To Understand It.

I Do Love Perusing The Dictionary To Find How Many Words I Don't Use - Words That Have Specific, Sharp, Focused Meaning. I Also Love The Sound Of Certain Words. I Love The Sound Of The Word Pom-pom.