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I Wish I Had A Little More Ambition. But Then What Would I Do? Turn Down More Roles With More Vehemence? Me No Likey Worky.

Would You Just Strap Some Toe Shoes On And Dance 'swan Lake?' No. Would You Just Put A Violin In Your Hand And - ? No. I Felt That Way About Acting, And I Was Taught To Feel That Way. I Didn't Come To It On My Own.

I Studied Acting For 10 Years Before I Went For An Audition. I Studied With Lee Strasberg And Actors Studio Teachers, And Went To The High School Of Performing Arts.

I'm Method Trained. How Is This Character Like Me? What Does She Think Of Her Mother? What Does Her Mother Think Of Her? It's Like Construction, And Then, Yes, You Hope You're Talented And That The Universe Aligns And Captures The Kind Of Laborer's Work You've Done And Whatever Else Sprinkles Down On You, And It's All Caught On Film Or Onstage.

I Remember My First Friend Who Got Sick. It Was 1981, And The Disease Was Called The Gay Cancer. I Don't Think The Word 'aids' Came Out Until '84. I Just Remember It Being Terrifying As More People Got Sick. We Didn't Know How You Could Catch It, You Heard All Kinds Of Crazy Things.