To Create Characters, One Must

Well, You Sort Of Get Out Of The Pool Room, You Get Out Of The Marine Corps, You Get Out And Read Some Literature, You Become Involved With People Who Also Want To Know And Are Ready To Share Some Ideas About Literature And Thoughts, And It Becomes Nourished That Way.

I Grew Up With A Lot Of Guys, Some Of Them Are Dead, Some Of Them Are This And Some Of Them That, And Some Of Them Very, Very Powerful, Bright Young Men, Who Became This Instead Of That Simply Because Of A Lack Of Guidance - That's All.

Everything Is Difficult, And Everything Worthwhile Is Difficult. A Certain Need, A Need Not Unlike Mickey Had: To Know, To Understand, And I Had That Need To Understand And To Know.

But Then Again, You Know, The Pimp In Taxi Driver Has This Reason, Given The Environment He Was Living In.

I've Always Found It Not Only Easy, But Enjoyable. It's Necessary For Us To Reach Out And I'm Speaking For Myself Here. I Certainly Have A Sense Of Responsibility To Reach Out To These People In The Theatre Who Might Look To Someone Like Me For Some Guidance.