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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut."

"You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there."
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"Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people."


"My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business."


"For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it."


"Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew."


"Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film."
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