Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.
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See, how these rascals use me! They will not let my play run;
and yet they steal my thunder.
See, how these rascals use me! They will not let my play run;
and yet they steal my thunder.
If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.
If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.
I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.
I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.
Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.
Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.
Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment.
Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment.
There still remains to mortify a wit
The many-headed monster of the pit.
There still remains to mortify a wit
The many-headed monster of the pit.
I want to have something that's different to the way I've been portrayed. I admire Angelina Jolie - she acts read more
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My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail.
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