All The Time, As An Actor, You

Sometimes I Say I Feel More Like A Dancer Than An Actor, Because There Are Things Implied About Being An Actor That I Don't Really Like. I Feel More Comfortable With The Word 'performer'. I Like Being The Thing. I Like Being The Doer. There's A Factualness To It. And Then Certain Resonances Happen Out Of How You Apply Yourself Physically.

I Don't Want People To Know Anything About Me, Because That's Not Important. I'm More Interested In The Me That Takes Shape Through The Characters.

While We Have A Very Strong Popular Culture, The Roots Of American Culture Are Very Shallow, And We Put Emphasis On How A Movie Does As Far As The Box Office Goes. Many Years Ago, It Would Have Been Vulgar To Print Box - Office Grosses In The Paper. Now The New York Times Does It, And It's The Big Story For People Interested In Arts And Entertainment On Monday. Which Is Why Emphasis Has Shifted Away From Filmmakers And Fallen On Movie Stars And Business People.

Central To Being An Actor Is Pretending, And The Adventure Of It All. That's Why You Become A Junkie For Different Kinds Of Situations.

I Wish To Christ I Could Make Up A Really Great Lie. Sometimes, After An Interview, I Say To Myself, 'man, You Were So Honest - Can't You Have Some Fun? Can't You Do Some Really Down And Dirty Lying?' But The Puritan In Me Thinks That If I Tell A Lie, I'll Be Punished.