I Knew With Snape I Was Working

If You Judge The Character, You Cant Play It.

I Have A Photograph At Home Of Fred Astaire From The Knees Down With His Feet Crossed. It's Kind Of Inspiring Because It Reminds Me His Feet Were Bleeding At The End Of Rehearsals. Yet When You Watch Him, All You See Is Freedom. It's A Reminder Of What The Job Is About In General, Not Just Being In Musicals.

I Think There's Some Connection Between Absolute Discipline And Absolute Freedom.

I Have Every Sympathy For Writers. It's A Mystery To Me What They Do. I Can Edit. I Can Cross Out And Say, 'i'm Not Saying That' Or, 'how About We Move This To Here? Wouldn't That Make That Bit Of The Story Better?' But Where Any Of It Comes From Is Beyond Me. I Will Never Write A Play Or A Novel.

With The Best Intentions, The Job Of Acting Can Become A Display Of Accumulated Bad Habits, Trapped Instincts And Blocked Energies. Working With The Alexander Technique Has Given Me Sightings Of Another Way... Mind And Body, Work And Life Together. Real Imaginative Freedom.