I Feel Sorry For People

Acting Doesn't Have Anything To Do With Listening To The Words. We Never Really Listen, In General Conversation, To What The Other Person Is Saying. We Listen To What They Mean. And What They Mean Is Often Quite Apart From The Words. When You See A Scene Between Two Actors That Goes Really Well You Can Be Sure They're Not Listening To Each Other - They're Feeling What The Other Person Is Trying To Get At. Know What I Mean?

Nobody Deserves This Much Money - Certainly Not An Actor.

If You Really Do Want To Be An Actor Who Can Satisfy Himself And His Audience, You Need To Be Vulnerable. [you Must] Reach The Emotional And Intellectual Level Of Ability Where You Can Go Out Stark Naked, Emotionally, In Front Of An Audience.

It Can Be A Simple Sentence That Makes One Single Point And You Build For That. You Zero In On One Moment That Gets That Character, You Go For It, That's It, Man, And If You Fail The Whole Thing Is Down The Drain, But If You Make It You Hit The Moon.

She Has Never Messed Up A Single Take Yet. Recently I Was In A Scene And There Was A Table Covered With A Cloth. When The Director Said Cut, I Saw A Black Nose And Two Paws Inching Out From Under The Cloth. She Had Hidden There Without Making A Sound Until We Were Done With The Scene. She Wanted To Be Nearer To Me.