Film Is Fragmented And Gets

I Don't Worry So Much About The Audience. I Want Them Very Much To Be Involved And Enjoy The Movie, But I Try To Just Inhabit The Character In A Full Way, Where I Can Create A Personal Stake.

I'm A Task-oriented Actor. A Pretender. And I Try To Invent My Process Anew Each Time I Make A New Project. So I Frown On Any Method.

While We Have A Very Strong Popular Culture, The Roots Of American Culture Are Very Shallow, And We Put Emphasis On How A Movie Does As Far As The Box Office Goes. Many Years Ago, It Would Have Been Vulgar To Print Box - Office Grosses In The Paper. Now The New York Times Does It, And It's The Big Story For People Interested In Arts And Entertainment On Monday. Which Is Why Emphasis Has Shifted Away From Filmmakers And Fallen On Movie Stars And Business People.

Sometimes I Say I Feel More Like A Dancer Than An Actor, Because There Are Things Implied About Being An Actor That I Don't Really Like. I Feel More Comfortable With The Word 'performer'. I Like Being The Thing. I Like Being The Doer. There's A Factualness To It. And Then Certain Resonances Happen Out Of How You Apply Yourself Physically.

The Director's Very Important To Me, Particularly When The Director Has A Recognizable Style.