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"Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation."
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"Somewhere in talking and rehearsing, there is a magical moment where actors catch a current, they're on the right road. If they really catch it, then whatever they do from then on is correct and it all comes out of them from that point on."
"Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that."
"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."
"We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that."
"I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that."
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"All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me."
"It's those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of loose atmosphere you find those little moments that somehow mean a lot to an audience when they really register right."
"Well it was sent to me, well because almost everything that is written in Baltimore is sent to me. And David Simon, who was a writer for the Baltimore Sun, spent one year following the homicide squad in Baltimore and he chronicled that period of time."
"I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever."
"The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable."
"I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs."
"I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that."
"A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect."
"I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show."
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