Despite Being Extremely Professional, Michael

Lots Of People There Seemed To Be In Denial, In Absolute Denial, Of Death - Everybody's Pretending That Death Doesn't Happen In L.a.; If You Do Enough Exercise And Take Enough Wheatgrass And Have Your Pill Every Day, You Might Not Die.

My Dad Had This Philosophy That If You Tell Children They're Beautiful And Wonderful Then They Believe It, And They Will Be. So I Never Thought I Was Unattractive. But I Was Never One Of The Girls At School Who Had Lots Of Boyfriends.

It's Very Difficult To Find The Time Or The Money For People To Organize Rehearsals For Some Movies. It Staggers Me How Little Preparation Often Goes Into These Scenes Which Are Difficult And Complicated. You Think, "god, It's Crazy. I've Never Met This Person Before And Here I Am Having To Work At How To Do A Whole Performance On The Set." It Was Great To Have A Few Days Of Just Talking To Michael [caine] And Daniel [barber] And Thinking About The Characters And The Relationship Between Them Before We Started Shooting.

You Don't Have To Be Brilliant At Everything. You Just Have To Have The Courage To Put Yourself In The Line Of Fire.

I Want To Discover More Things About Acting.