We are adjusters. We empathize, we change rhythm and above all we listen to our fellow actors-if they're good actors.

All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.

I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't understand the process of acting and who try very hard to label things.

I don't do anything that would ever come across as advice or suggestion, but it's just part of a debate. Like, "I would like to try this," or "Let me do another one with more stillness, let me emphasize that." Rather than "I think you should emphasize this, I think" - you know, I don't impose choices.

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job.

I'm so dependent on reacting to the other actors on the set, and to the director. I'm very responsive. I react. And I treasure the energy that reaction gives.

I have never felt bereft of anything.