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I Don't Honestly Think People Know What Acting Is.

I Didn't Go To Drama School Because, From The First Refusal I Then, As I Said, A Couple Of Weeks Later, Was Offered A Professional Job, Where I Am Immensely Grateful To The Journey.

You Can Throw Away The Privilege Of Acting, But That Would Be Such A Shame. The Tribe Has Elected You To Tell Its Story. You Are The Shaman/healer, That's What The Storyteller Is, And I Think It's Important For Actors To Appreciate That. Too Often Actors Think It's All About Them, When In Reality It's All About The Audience Being Able To Recognize Themselves In You. The More You Pull Away From The Public, The Less Power You Have On Screen.

I Love Storytelling. If You Strip All The Bits Away, What You'll Find At The Center Is A Storyteller. As I Warm To My Career And Love It More, I Have A Sense That Storytelling Is Healing, In Many Ways. You Can Reach An Audience And Heal, And By Heal, I Mean Entertain And Provoke. It's A Wonderful Life.

I Think The Actor Has A Tribal Role As The Archetypal Story Teller. I Think There Was A Time When The Storyteller, The Priest, The Healer, Were All One Person In One Body. That Person Used To Weave Stories At Night Around A Small Fire To Keep The Tribe From Being Terrified That Sun Had Gone Down.