My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.

Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.

Acting is mostly about listening. If you just focus in on what the other person is saying, acting takes care of itself to quite a large extent.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.