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When An Actor Plays A Scene Exactly The Way A Director Orders, It Isn't Acting. It's Following Instructions. Anyone With The Physical Qualifications Can Do That. So The Director's Task Is Just That – To Direct, To Point The Way. Then The Actor Takes Over. And He Must Be Allowed The Space, The Freedom To Express Himself In The Role. Without That Space, An Actor Is No More Than An Unthinking Robot With A Chest-full Of Push-buttons.

Am I In Love? Absolutely. I'm In Love With Ancient Philosophers, Foreign Painters, Classic Authors, And Musicians Who Have Died Long Ago. I'm A Passionate Lover. I Fawn Over These People. I Have Given Them My Heart And My Soul. The Trouble Is, I'm Unable To Love Anyone Tangible. I Have Sacrificed A Physical Bond, For A Metaphysical Relationship. I Am The Ultimate Idealistic Lover.

If I Had One Day When I Didn't Have To Be All Confused And Didn't Have To Feel That I Was Ashamed Of Everything. If I Felt That I Belonged Someplace. You Know?

How Can You Measure Acting In Inches?

When An Actor Plays A Scene Exactly The Way A Director Orders, It Isn't Acting. It's Following Instructions. Anyone With The Physical Qualifications Can Do That.