I'm Not A Natural Ocean

So I'm Always Inspired By My Fellow Actors. And That's Kind Of A Constant For Me. I Have Huge Respect For Our Profession And Our Craft. And I Seek In My Work To Create Connections, First For Me With The Character And Then The Character With The Other Actors, And Then Ultimately, All Of Us Together Connecting With The Audience In A Way That Sometimes Is Subliminal, Even.

I Never Got Into This Business Thinking I'd Be Like A Movie Star.

So You Have The Challenge Of Just Learning The Lines, Period, And Not Only Learning Them, But Learning Them To The Extent That You Assimilate Them, So That You're Not Worried About What The Next Word Is Coming Out Of Your Mouth When It Comes To Doing A Scene. And You're Also In The Trenches With The Writers, Just In The Wonderful Kind Of Back And Forth Of How Is It Best To Say Something, Even If It Involves Four Or Five Words. I Love That Kind Of Thing.

Because As An Actor, I Really Feel You Cannot Judge A Character. You Have To Totally Commit To That Character. And For Me To Totally Commit To The Character, I Have To Find Those Places Where I Understand The Sequence Of Behavior.

We Were Fortunate Enough To Have Several Good Books Detailing The Camps And The Women. Some Were By The Survivors. I Also Got To Talk To Some Of The Women Who Had Been In The Camp, Survivors.