"The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story."

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"The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story."

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"What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information."

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"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."

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"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."

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"As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating."

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"It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre."

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"I think it's hard to know. Feeling fulfilled, because actors face periods of unemployment, there is nothing worse than being at the top of your game; you have so much to give but do not have the platform to do this."

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"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

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"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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"But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom."

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