I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.

I don't want to go bald, I don't know what's coming up next.

You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on

I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.

You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little grace or gallantry in commerce or politics and not much in art.

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.