I Feel That Sometimes, Holding Yourself As

When I Listen To My Scene Partners And Listen To Their Breathing Allows Me To Be Connected To Them In Scenes. I Am Not Trying To Multi Task, Not Trying To Talk On The Phone, But In My Character.

Many Times - Especially When I'm Playing An Historical Character - I Want To Be Really On Target With How I Create That Character And Really Nuanced With Who That Human Being Might Be. But I Don't Want To Lose The Likeness Of Me Or The Depth Of My Own Personality. So Meditation And My Spirituality Has Helped Me To Realize That, Yes, I Want To Get Out Of The Way But I Also Want The Ability To Hold On To What The Audience Likes Of What They See Of Me.

I've Learned To Become A Progressive Man Because I Have Four Women In My Life. And Their Mother, Who I'm Not Married To Anymore, But Who Impresses Me Because Of Our Relationship. Because We Have A Very Deep And Friendly Relationship That Is Completely About Who We Really Are Now. Before It Was Husband, Wife, Mother, Father. But Now It's About Who We Are As Human Beings. Because We Didn't Give Up On Each Other. And Because We Didn't Hurt Each Other And Blister Each Other From A Divorce. We Became Tight. Best Friends. And More Than That Even, Because Now We're Best Parents.

I First Felt Successful When I Was 13 And In A Show Called "seesaw." I Came Offstage And Heard The Applause Of The Theater Audience And Felt A Sense Of Accomplishment. Around That Time, My Role Model For Success Was Burt Lancaster. He Was One Of The First Actors In Hollywood To Start His Own Production Company, And I Respected Him Because He Created Something He Believed In.

What Helps Me Is Yogic Breathing, Dropping My Spiritual Level Where I Am Really, Really Clear That I Am Playing A Character.