Acting Is The Business Of Truth, So

One Time, Many, Many Years Ago, I Had The Opportunity To Dye My Hair Brunette For A Film. And The Day I Walked Out Of The Hotel Where I Had It Done, I Walked Out Onto The Street And Realized People Looked Me In The Eye And Greeted Me Good Morning. I'd Never Had That Experience Before! And I Began To Notice That A Brunette Is Treated As An Affable Human Being. Later, When I Dyed My Hair For Lois Riley Blonde, And Then Alice Ward Blonde, People Come Right Up To You, They Touch You On The Arm, They Ask You How You're Doing. Men And Women Both! Blondes Have More Fun.

I'm Very, Very Serious About What I Do. I Think There Are A Lot Of People Out There Sort Of Thinking It's Anybody's Game. You Know, "you Pick Up A Camera And You Make A Movie." My Experiences Over The Years Have Taught Me There's A Lot More Than That To Making A Film - There's Also Getting The Film Seen, And All Kinds Of Complex Realities.

I Think I Understand The Line Between My Job And The Director's. I Have No Interest In Directing. Not My Movie, Not Your Movie, Nobody's Movie.

I Am A Smoker, I'm Ashamed To Say. I Had Given It Up For Many Years, Then Picked It Up Again. It's A Horrible Habit. I Struggle With Myself All The Time. And I Love To Smoke.

I Definitely Consider Myself A Method Actor, Because Of My Training. I Might Dispute What People Consider A Method Actor To Be. For My Money, A Method Actor Is An Actor Who Has A Technique. That Has A Method. And Not One Method, But Whatever Might Be Required. So A Method Actor Is Always Learning.