My First Language Was Shy. It's Only

I Would Say I Am More Concerned With The Plays I'm Going To Do Than The Movies. I'm More Comfortable In A Play. In Film, There's Always A Certain Sense Of Control, Of Holding Back. The Stage Is Different ; There's More To Act. There Are More Demands Put On You, More Experiences To Go Through.

I Destroy The Painting As Soon As I Can See What It Is. When I Can Make Out Something In It, I Destroy It Because It's No Longer Coming From My Unconscious.

When I Was A Younger Actor, I Would Try To Keep It Serious All Day. But I Have Found, Later On, That The Lighter I Am About Things When I'm Going To Do A Big Scene That's Dramatic And Takes A Lot Out Of You, The Better Off I Am When I Come To It.

A Lot Of Actors Choose Parts By The Scripts, But I Don't Trust Reading The Scripts That Much. I Try To Get Some Friends Together And Read A Script Aloud. Sometimes I Read Scripts And Record Them And Play Them Back To See If There's A Movie. It's Very Evocative; It's Like A First Cut Because You Hear 'she Walked To The Door,' And You Visualize All These Things. 'she Opens The Door' . . . Because You Read The Stage Directions, Too.

When I Was Younger, I Would Go To Auditions To Have The Opportunity To Audition, Which Would Mean Another Chance To Get Up There And Try Out My Stuff, Or Try Out What I Learned And See How It Worked With An Audience, Because Where Are You Gonna Get An Audience?