I Was Raised To Sense What Someone

My Last Son Is Leaving To Go To College; My Grandchildren Are Being Born. My Mother Is Living With Me.

And I Realized That Sometimes The Greatest Triumphs In Your Life Come In On Little Cat Feet And Sit On Silent Haunches And It's Up To You To See It Before It Moves On.

There Are Not A Lot Of Places For An Actor To Explore What It's Like To Be A Woman In Her 60s. There Aren't Any Films About It And There Very Few Tv Series About It.

For Almost Every Character I've Played In The 43 Years I've Been Working As A Professional Actor, I've Found Parts Of Myself. We Are All Bipolar In The Tiniest Essence Of What It Is. We Are All Multiple Personalities, In A Sense, And To Be Healthy Mentally, I Think, Learning What Those Multiple Personalities Are And Inviting Them In Your Life Is Really Important.

You Know, People Really Don't Understand What Actors Do.