I Had A Great Movement Teacher -

Self-expression, To Me, Is Something That You Worked On, That You Have Mastered A Skill To Say Something In The Most Artful Way That You Can. It's Not Just Blurting Stuff Out And Having Verbal Diarrhea.

I'd Be Terrified Even Now For A Latin Kid Wanting To Be An Actor, But Back Then? Forget It. They Must Have Thought I Was Going To Be Working In Restaurants And Driving Cabs For The Rest Of My Life.

But When You Are Doing An Animated Voice, It Has To Have More Energy Than Usual Or It Falls Flat And Doesn't Work. For Myself, I Found That I Had To Put Myself In The Same Physical Or Emotional State As Sid, In Order To Make That Voice Sound Alive And Authentic. So If There Was A Scene In Which He Was Running, I Would Be Running Beforehand To Sound Out Of Breath. That's Important Because The Audience Can Tell Intuitively If It Does Not Sound Real.

I Love Life, And I Embrace Every Minute Of It.

T Is For Me Because I Needed To Do This. I Really Think Actors Shouldn't Act Unless They Really Need It In Their Lives. I Think It Has To Be Something That Is So Much A Part Of Your Chemistry, Such A Passion, That You Can't Live Without It. You Should Not Do It Just Because You Are Seeking Fame Or Want To Get Rich.